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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mozart insult Count Orsini-Rosenberg?
(a) He makes an obscene gesture and laughs.
(b) He tells him he is fat as a toad.
(c) He tells him he looks like a toad.
(d) He tells him he looks like a turd.

2. What position is Mozart interested in applying for?
(a) Court Composer.
(b) Music supervisor for the Emperor.
(c) Music teacher for Katharina Cavalieri.
(d) Music teacher for the Princess Elizabeth.

3. What intensely special quality does Salieri believe Mozart's music possesses?
(a) He believes it is like the voice of God.
(b) He believes it is revolutionary in its atonal structure.
(c) He finds it is angelic, heavenly.
(d) He believes it has the power to charm birds and animals.

4. What is Mozart's reaction to Constanze's game with the Venticelli?
(a) He tries to be angry but backs down and kisses her instead of raging.
(b) He is furious and slaps her.
(c) He is angry and orders her to go home.
(d) He is angry and tells her she has ruined her reputation.

5. What did Mozart ask his father to do?
(a) Mind his son while Constanze had a second baby.
(b) Provide him with an endowment for his son.
(c) Mind his son while he was away in England.
(d) Provide him with an income.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character receives a kiss from Salieri?

2. What causes Salieri physical pain as he listens to the piece?

3. In which room at the Baroness's does Salieri first see Mozart?

4. What does Constanze accuse her husband of doing?

5. What does Salieri find a compensation for ghastly encounters at the Baroness's?

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