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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Salieri left Italy, how old was Mozart?
(a) Twenty-five.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twenty-six.
(d) Five.

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

3. What people are the chorus members meant to represent?
(a) Nineteenth century citizens of Verona.
(b) Eighteenth century citizens of Vienna.
(c) Nineteenth century citizens of Venezia.
(d) Salieri's cousins and nineteenth century neighbors.

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

5. Who invites Salieri to join the Masons?
(a) Baron Van Swieten.
(b) Leopold Mozart.
(c) Emperor Joseph II
(d) Count Rosenberg.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was an influential teacher of Salieri?

2. What is Salieri's burning ambition at this time of his life?

3. How is the Venticelli's speech described?

4. What surprises Salieri's servants?

5. Where does Salieri finally meet Mozart?

(see the answer key)

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