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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Constanze's return to Salieri show us?
(a) That Salieri is compellingly attractive to women.
(b) That she is a sex addict.
(c) That she is prepared to make a great sacrifice for the husband she loves.
(d) That she is a loose and dishonorable woman.

2. Why does Orsini-Rosenberg object to The Marriage of Figaro?
(a) He claims it contains a ballet.
(b) The music is too ornate.
(c) He claims it is subversive.
(d) He calims it is obscene.

3. What is Salieri's reaction to the young couple's goings-on?
(a) He thinks it is outrageously funny.
(b) He is angry.
(c) He is indifferent.
(d) He is appalled.

4. How does Mozart insult Count Orsini-Rosenberg?
(a) He tells him he looks like a turd.
(b) He tells him he looks like a toad.
(c) He tells him he is fat as a toad.
(d) He makes an obscene gesture and laughs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Into which well-known piece does Mozart transform Salieri's march of welcome?

2. Who presently holds the position Salieri covets?

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

4. What kind of love does Mozart claim his opera contains?

5. In what way does Salieri demonstrate his abandonment of his vow of chastity?

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