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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. Who is the Guilty Libertine Salieri refers to?
(a) Don Giovanni.
(b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
(c) Antonio Salieri himself.
(d) Leopold Mozart.

2. In conversation with Salieri, what attitude to his father does Mozart display?
(a) That he is uncaring and hopes he will be left money.
(b) That he is hostile.
(c) That he is jealous.
(d) That he is a loving and devoted son.

3. Who does Salieri claim is the inspiration for the Ghost in Don Giovanni?
(a) God.
(b) Old Papa Haydn.
(c) Leopold Mozart.
(d) Chris Gluck.

4. What does Salieri find a compensation for ghastly encounters at the Baroness's?
(a) His favorite crema al mascarpone.
(b) Eating eclairs in secret.
(c) Watching Mozart suffer.
(d) The creative ideas that follow.

5. Where is Salieri hidden?
(a) Under a trestle table.
(b) Behind the door.
(c) In a wing-backed chair.
(d) Behind an arras.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Mozart opera is being performed in this scene?

2. What intensely special quality does Salieri believe Mozart's music possesses?

3. What animal is Mozart pretending to be?

4. With news of his father's death, what aspects of himself does Mozart now reveal?

5. What insight does Salieri experience when he hears 'Marten Aller Arten' being sung?

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