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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 is Salieri's burning ambition at this time of his life?
(a) To become the Court Composer.
(b) To have seven sons, all musicians.
(c) To write the perfect opera.
(d) To become First Royal Kapellmeister.

2. What does Salieri ask of the audience/'Ghosts of the future'?
(a) To be his confessors.
(b) To recognise his music.
(c) To praise his music.
(d) To intercede for him with the saints.

3. In the context of the play, how long has it been since Mozart's death?
(a) Thirty-two years.
(b) Fifty-three years.
(c) Thirty years.
(d) Thirty-four years.

4. What causes Salieri physical pain as he listens to the piece?
(a) Its frequent strange modulations.
(b) Its intense beauty.
(c) Its discord and atonality.
(d) The number of notes--there are too many to follow.

5. Who was an influential teacher of Salieri?
(a) Glock.
(b) Gluck.
(c) Monteverdi.
(d) Glinka.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal is Constanze imitating?

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

3. What does Mozart intend to do in Vienna?

4. What does Salieri feel he needs to make his 'last audience' appear?

5. What animal is Mozart pretending to be?

(see the answer key)

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