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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What desperate measure of Mozart's do the Venticelli inform Salieri about?
(a) His begging in the streets of Vienna.
(b) His pawning his wife's jewelery.
(c) His betting his coat at a card game.
(d) His begging money from the Masons.

2. What is the effect of the dancers moving in total silence?
(a) Absurdity.
(b) Tense drama.
(c) Tastefulness.
(d) Melancholy.

3. What does Mozart disclose to Salieri at the beginning of the next scene?
(a) That he has been commissioned to write a Mass.
(b) That he is doing badly--no money and no prospect of earning any.
(c) That he is ill and worried about money.
(d) That he has a new idea for an operatic piece.

4. What does Salieri know that the Venticelli do not?
(a) Mozart is writing secretly to Schikaneder.
(b) Mozart is writing his clarinet concerto.
(c) Mozart is writing his Requiem Mass.
(d) Mozart is writing long letters to Constanze.

5. What does Salieri recognize in Figaro's song 'Non piu andrai'?
(a) Salieri's own overture to Semiramide.
(b) Mozart's variations on 'Twinkle, Little Star'.
(c) A phrase from the Dies Irae.
(d) Salieri's own little 'March of Welcome'.

Short Answer Questions

1. What explanation does Salieri give the Emporer for not choosing Mozart as the Princess Elizabeth's music tutor?

2. Why is Mozart so enthusiastic about vocal quartets?

3. What does Constanze tell Wolfgang their relationship?

4. What do we learn from Van Swieten about Mozart's activities?

5. What promise to Mozart does Salieri fail to honor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What disturbing aspect of 'appearances versus reality' does Salieri allude to in his opening speech in Act 2 of Amadeus?

2. Comment on Salieri's actions as Mozart's illness and obsession overtake him.

3. What does Constanze's return to Salieri's apartment reveal about her?

4. In what way is his son's description of Leopold Mozart ironic?

5. What are the indications of decline that Salieri observes when he meets Wolfgang and Constanze in the Prater?

6. How does the death of Kapellmeister Bonno affect Salieri?

7. What is the significance of 'the figure in gray' that haunts Mozart's dreams?

8. In what way does Salieri use the information from the Venticelli to take further action against Mozart?

9. How does Salieri's power over Mozart intensify?

10. In what way is Mozart's tendency to plain speaking working against him, according to the Venticelli?

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