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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Salieri ask of the audience/'Ghosts of the future'?

2. Who invites Salieri to join the Masons?

3. What quality does Salieri say he requires in a wife?

4. What is Salieri's reaction to the young couple's goings-on?

5. How does Salieri get his hands on some of Mozart's manuscripts?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does his comment about his requirement in a wife reveal about Salieri's character?

2. In what way is the 'calf-measuring scene' ironic?

3. In what way does Salieri claim to be different from his parents?

4. What strategy does Salieri use in his attempt to seduce Constanze?

5. What attitude towards the Emperor does Salieri display in the first scene of this section of the play?

6. Comment on Salieri's appeal to 'the ghosts of the future'.

7. What story does the Emperor tell to Mozart?

8. Why does Salieri rush out into the street on hearing Mozart's music?

9. What concrete information about Mozart is passed to Salieri by the Venticelli?

10. What is the problem with Salieri's drive for fame?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

While not all people appreciate classical music, this play has been enormously successful throughout the word. How do you account for the success of Amadeus?

Essay Topic 2

'Amadeus is a tale of the naive artist pitted against a social machine he is entirely unaware of.' Discuss with close reference to the play.

Essay Topic 3

Choose two of the minor--though crucial--characters in Amadeus and discuss their function in the play as a whole. (Exclude the Venticelli from this discussion.)

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