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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 do we learn from Van Swieten about Mozart's activities?
(a) That he has joined the Freemasons.
(b) That he has visited Salzburg.
(c) That he is going to visit Prague.
(d) That he is considering joining the Freemansons.

2. In what way does Salieri demonstrate his abandonment of his vow of chastity?
(a) He begins an affair with Katharina Cavalieri.
(b) He takes Constanze Mozart as his mistress.
(c) He seduces a nun.
(d) He starts seeing prostitutes.

3. What suggestion does Salieri make to Mozart?
(a) That he write a sequel to Seraglio.
(b) That it should be about Egyptians.
(c) That he put the Masons into it.
(d) That it should be about brotherly love.

4. Music from which of Mozart's operas is played as Salieri muses during the transition between scenes?
(a) The Magic Flute.
(b) Idomeneo.
(c) Florestan.
(d) Cosi Fan Tutte.

5. What new work is Mozart considering?
(a) A grand opera for ordinary German people.
(b) A new comic opera for the Emperor.
(c) A Vaudeville for ordinary German people.
(d) A Requiem Mass for Schikaneder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What strange insight does Mozart seem to have regarding the Figaro problems?

2. What does Salieri find distasteful about the audience?

3. What does Constanze's return to Salieri show us?

4. When did Mozart first travel to London?

5. For what reason does Mozart reject the idea of giving more concerts?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Salieri change focus in his struggle against God and His instrument, Mozart?

6. What information does the Venticelli convey to Salieri?

7. What is the significance of Salieri's words: " alone was empowered to recognize them for what they were'?

8. In addition to his personal battle with Mozart, how is the deterioration of Salieri's relationship with God demonstrated in this part of the play?

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

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

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