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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What philosophic age does Salieri refer to in his first speech for this section of the play?
(a) The Platonic Age.
(b) The Age of Modernism.
(c) The Age of the Feuilletons.
(d) The Age of Englightenment

2. When Salieri speaks of 'the Creature,' to whom is he referring?
(a) Mozart.
(b) Constanze Mozart.
(c) A Venticello.
(d) The Emperor.

3. Where has Mozart been living prior to his arrival in Vienna?
(a) Salzburg.
(b) Prague.
(c) Melk.
(d) Bonn.

4. What event has taken place in the Mozart household?
(a) Their servant has had a baby boy.
(b) A baby daughter has been born.
(c) A baby son has been born.
(d) Leopold Mozart has come to live with Wolfgang and Constanze.

5. How does Salieri get his hands on some of Mozart's manuscripts?
(a) He bribes a servant to steal them.
(b) He buys them from a second-hand dealer.
(c) He steals them.
(d) The Venticelli bring them to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of work has the Emperor commissioned Mozart to write?

2. Who prompts the Emperor's response to the opera?

3. What animal is Constanze imitating?

4. What wicked vision does Salieri say he now has?

5. What is holding up Wolfgang's and Constanze's marriage?

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