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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 receive a little help?

2. How does Baron Van Swieten enter the Theater by the Weiden?

3. How does Salieri now plan to destroy Mozart?

4. Why do Constanze and Wolfgang stop their private game?

5. What salary does Salieri recommend Mozart be paid?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way is his son's description of Leopold Mozart ironic?

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

3. How is the Emperor a danger to Salieri's plan to destroy Mozart?

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

5. How does Salieri change focus in his struggle against God and His instrument, Mozart?

6. What does Mozart tell Salieri at the end of this section of the play?

7. What information does the Venticelli convey to Salieri?

8. 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?

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

10. What significant observations about art does Salieri make?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the role and character of Constanze Weber Mozart. What does she bring to the play and why is she important?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Would Amadeus be such a powerful play if it were to be produced differently? Discuss the function of production in creating audience response.

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