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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 is Mozart's response to Constanze's dancing?

2. Which character has been deeply upset by Mozart's desperate behavior?

3. Who writes an opera that is the talk of the city of Vienna, according to the Venticelli?

4. What is the tone of Salieri's comment that 'Our religion' is largely based on waxworks?

5. Music from which of Mozart's operas is played as Salieri muses during the transition between scenes?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What significant observations about art does Salieri make?

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

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

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

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

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

8. In what way does Salieri scheme to spoil the production of The Marriage of Figaro?

9. What is Salieri's fate?

10. 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?

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

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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