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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who prompts the Emperor's response to the opera?
(a) Salieri.
(b) The Venticelli.
(c) Baron Van Swieten.
(d) Count Orsini-Rosenberg.

3. Who plays the 'march of welcome' for Mozart?
(a) Von Strack.
(b) The Emperor.
(c) Count Orsini-Rosenberg.
(d) Salieri.

4. What kind of love does Mozart claim his opera contains?
(a) Unrequited love.
(b) Manly love, real love.
(c) Sacrificial love.
(d) Young love.

5. What word does Mozart use to describe the singer he has engaged to play the lead in his opera?
(a) Extroverted.
(b) Extra talented.
(c) Excessively beautiful.
(d) Exquisite.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mozart's reaction to Constanze's game with the Venticelli?

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

3. Salieri describes the opera's music as an excellent match for what?

4. How does Salieri refer to his servants?

5. What is Salieri's reaction to the young couple's goings-on?

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