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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 find distasteful about the audience?

2. How does Mozart describe opera's importance?

3. What does Mozart disclose to Salieri at the beginning of the next scene?

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

5. What is Salieri's response to The Magic Flute?

Short Essay Questions

1. What significant observations about art does Salieri make?

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

3. What does Constanze's return to Salieri's apartment reveal about her?

4. What is the significance of 'the figure in gray' that haunts Mozart's dreams?

5. What is unusual about Mozart's vision of opera?

6. In addition to his personal battle with Mozart, how is the deterioration of Salieri's relationship with God demonstrated in this part of the play?

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

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

9. What is implied by the Emperor's comment to Salieri regarding music and the Princess Elizabeth?

10. How does the death of Kapellmeister Bonno affect Salieri?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

To what extent is the Mozart of Shaffer's play responsible for his own downfall? Your discussion should contain close reference to the text.

Essay Topic 3

"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.

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