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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 visited Salzburg.
(b) That he has joined the Freemasons.
(c) That he is going to visit Prague.
(d) That he is considering joining the Freemansons.

2. Of what does Van Swieten accuse Mozart?
(a) Of betraying the Masonic Lodge and vulgarizing its rituals.
(b) Of betraying Salieri by sleeping with his mistress.
(c) Of betraying Austria through Masonic rituals.
(d) Of betraying his wife with a vulgar woman.

3. What event has taken place in the Mozart household?
(a) Leopold Mozart has come to live with Wolfgang and Constanze.
(b) A baby daughter has been born.
(c) Their servant has had a baby boy.
(d) A baby son has been born.

4. What is the tone of Salieri's comment that 'Our religion' is largely based on waxworks?
(a) Sarcastic.
(b) Soppy.
(c) Serious.
(d) Sweet.

5. How does Baron Van Swieten enter the Theater by the Weiden?
(a) Quickly.
(b) With some ceremony.
(c) Unobserved,
(d) In disguise.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Schikaneder?

3. Why did Van Swieten attend the performance?

4. In conversation with Salieri, what attitude to his father does Mozart display?

5. Despite being unable to block the production, how does Salieri feel at the first performance of Figaro?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What information does the Venticelli convey to Salieri?

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

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

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

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

7. What is Salieri's fate?

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

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