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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 a compensation for ghastly encounters at the Baroness's?

2. What does Salieri do when he looks over the manuscript for the Requiem Mass?

3. What does Constanze do with the last of their money?

4. How does Rosenberg sum up the effect of 'Non piu andrai'?

5. What word describes Salieri's success and what he has bought with it?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What information does the Venticelli convey to Salieri?

4. What are the indications of decline that Salieri observes when he meets Wolfgang and Constanze in the Prater?

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

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

7. In what way is Mozart 'resurrected'?

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

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

10. In what way does Salieri use the information from the Venticelli to take further action against Mozart?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

'Amadeus is a tale of the naive artist pitted against a social machine he is entirely unaware of.' Discuss with close reference to the play.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of the minor characters in Amadeus. Could any of them be removed from the play without affecting the story, action and outcome?

Essay Topic 3

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

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