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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 Rosenberg sum up the effect of 'Non piu andrai'?

3. What is the meaning of the gestures Salieri makes outside Mozart's window?

4. What is the final blow for Mozart?

5. What has happened to Leopold Mozart's letters?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Comment on Salieri's actions as Mozart's illness and obsession overtake him.

4. In what way is Mozart 'resurrected'?

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

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

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

8. How does Mozart respond to the news about his salary?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

'A study of evil, tempered by humor.' Is this a view of Amadeus that you agree with? Discus with close reference to the text.

Essay Topic 2

In what ways is Amadeus a struggle between the forces of innovation and the power of convention? Make close reference to the text.

Essay Topic 3

Review the staging of the play Amadeus. How does the production itself affect the responses of the audience? Make overall comment, then choose one scene to focus on in detail. Might there be alternative ways to stage the scene?

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