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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. How does Rosenberg sum up the effect of 'Non piu andrai'?
(a) He says it is vulgar.
(b) He says it is too vernacular.
(c) He says it is showy.
(d) He says it it too intense.

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

3. What does Salieri find distasteful about the audience?
(a) That they smell of sweat and coal dust.
(b) That they dress badly and applaud in the wrong places.
(c) That they smell of sweat and sausage.
(d) That they are unwashed and smell of garlic.

4. With news of his father's death, what aspects of himself does Mozart now reveal?
(a) His childishness and dependence.
(b) His towering ego and indifference.
(c) His vulverability and shame.
(d) His morbid tendencies and his hunger for money.

5. What is Mozart's response to Constanze's dancing?
(a) He picks her up and puts her to bed.
(b) He grabs her and starts kissing her.
(c) He tells her to sit down and shut up.
(d) He chases her around the room.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which character does Salieri give the name La Statua?

2. Why did Van Swieten attend the performance?

3. What is the tone of Salieri's comment that 'Our religion' is largely based on waxworks?

4. What does Constanze tell Wolfgang their relationship?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does The Magic Flute precipitate a serious falling-out between Mozart and Van Swieten?

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

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

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

5. What information does the Venticelli convey to Salieri?

6. What significant observations about art does Salieri make?

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

8. How is the Emperor a danger to Salieri's plan to destroy Mozart?

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

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

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