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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 feel he needs to make his 'last audience' appear?

2. Who presently holds the position Salieri covets?

3. What does Salieri do, in his pain?

4. How does Salieri cope with his insight into Mozart's talent?

5. What nationality is Katharina Cavalieri?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in this section of the play to fertilize the growing seed of Salieri's murderous ideas?

2. In what ways does Salieri work to undermine Mozart in this section of the play?

3. Comment on the dramatic function of the Venticelli in the opening scene.

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

5. What is the significance of the golden light that bathes the Emperor and his court?

6. In what way does Salieri believe God is torturing him?

7. What does Salieri do to cope with the psychic blow he has received through hearing Mozart's music?

8. In what way does Salieri contradict himself in the scene in which he attempts to seduce Constanze?

9. For what reason might the scene in the Baroness's library be considered ironic?

10. What does this scene show us of Mozart's talent?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"Mozart embraces life honestly, lives it fully and renders its complexity in his music. Salieri buries his passions in conventional living and is only capable of conventional art '. Discuss this statement with close reference to the text.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the way in which humor is woven into the events depicted in Amadeus.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the character of Salieri and compare and contrast him with Mozart. You might want to consider the morals and motivation of each man.

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