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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What relationship to Salieri is Katharina Cavalieri?
(a) She is his half-sister and later his pupil.
(b) She is his patron and later his mistress.
(c) She is his illegitimate daughter.
(d) She is his pupil and later his mistress.

2. 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 believes it has the power to charm birds and animals.
(d) He finds it is angelic, heavenly.

3. What does Mozart intend to do in Vienna?
(a) Give concerts.
(b) Kiss the Emperor's hand.
(c) Apply for Salieri's job.
(d) Hide from his father.

4. How old is Salieri in the first scene of the play?
(a) Seventy-two.
(b) Seventy.
(c) Eighty.
(d) Thirty-two.

5. In what language does Salieri speak when he is excited, according to one of the Venticelli?
(a) German.
(b) English.
(c) Flemish.
(d) Italian

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Salieri feel after examining Mozart's manuscripts?

2. What does Salieri say is the effect of the slowness in the music?

3. How does Salieri refer to his servants?

4. In the context of the play, how long has it been since Mozart's death?

5. How does Mozart react when the Major-Domo enters?

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