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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What excuse does Salieri offer for not himself trying some variations on the march of welcome?
(a) He says the Emperor wouldn't like it.
(b) He says he must attend on the Emperor.
(c) He says he has a music lesson to give.
(d) He says his wife is feeling poorly.

2. What quality does Salieri say he requires in a wife?
(a) Ability to bear children.
(b) Musical talent.
(c) Feistiness.
(d) Lack of fire.

3. How does Salieri feel after examining Mozart's manuscripts?
(a) Amused because Mozart is not as clever as he thought.
(b) Reasuured because all of them are quite ordinary.
(c) Excited at the new talent in Austria.
(d) Humbled in face of Mozart's huge talent.

4. How does Salieri cope with his insight into Mozart's talent?
(a) He complains to one of his committees.
(b) He composes an opera about it.
(c) He throws himself into work.
(d) He falls into depression.

5. What is Rosenberg's opinion of prodigies?
(a) He finds them adorable.
(b) He finds them hateful.
(c) He is jealous of them.
(d) He is in awe of them.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Salieri left Italy, how old was Mozart?

2. What caused Mozart's death, according to the Venticelli?

3. What does Salieri view as the secret of successful living?

4. Where is the opera's story set?

5. What nationality is Katharina Cavalieri?

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