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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 is the problem concerning The Marriage of Figaro?
(a) Its theme is considered scandalous, subversive.
(b) Its theme is considered too serious.
(c) There is a problem finding suitable singers.
(d) There is a problem concerning its language.

2. What wish of Salieri's is granted at this point?
(a) He is appointed Kappellmeister on Rosenberg's death.
(b) Mozart falls desperately ill.
(c) He is given a Papal kinighthood.
(d) He is appointed Kappellmeister on Bonno's death.

3. What other virtue does Salieri relinquish?
(a) The virtue of kindness: he is excessively mean to people.
(b) Social virtue: he resigns from all his committees.
(c) The virtue of abstinence: he eats and drinks lavishly.
(d) The virtue of love: he now hates everyone and intends to use them.

4. How is the Emperor likely to foil Salieri's plans?
(a) By offering Mozart a court position.
(b) By offering to pay Mozart's rent.
(c) By offering Mozart an apartment at the palace.
(d) By sending Salieri away to Italy.

5. What does Salieri notice about Mozart during the applause for the opera?
(a) His drunken state.
(b) That he is disappointed in the staging.
(c) His shabby clothes.
(d) His frailty and mortality.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mozart's response to Constanze's dancing?

2. How does Salieri refer to Mozart?

3. How does Salieri dress in order to frighten Mozart?

4. Who does Constanze blame for the Mozarts' present plight?

5. What has happened to Leopold Mozart's letters?

Short Essay Questions

1. What significant observations about art does Salieri make?

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

3. What is implied by the Emperor's comment to Salieri regarding music and the Princess Elizabeth?

4. Comment on the philosophical contrast between Mozart and Van Swieten and Von Strack.

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

6. What is the importance of the scene in which Salieri's home is contrasted with that of the Mozart family?

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

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

9. Comment on the irony of Salieri's situation at the end of this section of the play.

10. In what way is the dying Mozart presented to us as a Christ-like martyr?

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