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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. How does Mozart defend his work?

2. In the context of the play, how long has it been since Mozart's death?

3. What causes Salieri physical pain as he listens to the piece?

4. What position is Mozart interested in applying for?

5. How does the audience react to the opera's finale?

Short Essay Questions

1. What story does the Emperor tell to Mozart?

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

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

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

5. In what way does Mozart manage to insult Count Orsini-Rosenberg?

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

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

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

9. Account for Salieri's shout from the chair as he listens to Mozart and Constanze play their bawdy game.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

'The real tragedy is Salieri's. He kills nothing but his own soul.' Do you agree?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

'Salieri is almost an archetypal hypocrite.' What is a hypocrite and does Salieri qualify for this label? Who else in Amadeus can be described as a Hypocrite? How does the behavior of such individuals affect others? Respond with close reference to the play.

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