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

2. What does Constanze do with the last of their money?
(a) She gives it to her mother.
(b) She goes to Bonn in Germany.
(c) She travels to Prague to meet a lover.
(d) She goes to the spa in Baden, Germany.

3. Who is Schikaneder?
(a) An actor who owns a small theater in the suburbs.
(b) A good friend of the Emperor's and a Lodge member.
(c) An out-of-work opera singer.
(d) An out-of-work actor.

4. Which famous composer calls Mozart's work 'unsurpassed'?
(a) Beethoven.
(b) Handel.
(c) Rossini.
(d) Haydn.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Van Swieten call a 'stupid, hopeless task?'

2. What makes Von Strack very cross?

3. Who is the Guilty Libertine Salieri refers to?

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

5. What is the effect of the Emperor's yawn?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what way does Salieri scheme to spoil the production of The Marriage of Figaro?

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

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

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

6. What happens to make The Marriage of Figaro a failure in its first year?

7. What is Salieri's fate?

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

9. What happens in this scene to essentially perform the coup-de-grace for Mozart?

10. How does Mozart respond to the news about his salary?

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