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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 Salieri say is the effect of the slowness in the music?
(a) Boredom.
(b) Opulence.
(c) Serenity.
(d) Patience.

2. How does Mozart describe opera's importance?
(a) He says it is safer than any play.
(b) He says it will be remembered forever.
(c) He says it is realer than any play.
(d) He says it will be heard by God.

3. What word describes Salieri's success and what he has bought with it?
(a) 'Deliberate' for the way he has made things happen and the way he has decorated his house.
(b) The adjective 'golden'--for opinions and the furniture that reflects his success.
(c) The word 'lavish' to connect praise and furnishings.
(d) 'Incomprenensible' to apply to his success and his wife's taste in furniture.

4. Who is the lead singer Mozart has engaged?
(a) Rosa Ponselle.
(b) Salieri's wife Theresa.
(c) Constanze Weber.
(d) Salieri's pupil Katharina Cavalieri.

5. How does Salieri refer to his servants?
(a) As The gossiping Ventrecelli.
(b) As The Keeper of the Purse and The Maker of the Cakes.
(c) As the Kappellmeister's Baker and The Keeper of the Salt.
(d) As The Keeper of the Razor and The Maker of the Cakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Constanze accuse her husband of doing?

2. Who wants the new comic opera to be in 'good plain German?'

3. Who prompts the Emperor's response to the opera?

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

5. How does Salieri cope with his insight into Mozart's talent?

(see the answer key)

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