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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which character does Salieri give the name La Statua?
(a) Baroness Waldstadten.
(b) Constanze Mozart.
(c) Princess Elizabeth.
(d) Teresa Salieri

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

3. What influences Mozart to make wildly tactless utterings at Bonno's house?
(a) Alcohol--he is drunk.
(b) He has been listening to Salieri's Venticelli.
(c) His arrogance.
(d) He has been taking laudanum.

4. How does Salieri describe Mozart at the end of this scene?
(a) As an obscene child.
(b) As an obscene gypsy.
(c) As a heavenly presence.
(d) As a naive child.

5. What relationship to Salieri is Katharina Cavalieri?
(a) She is his patron and later his mistress.
(b) She is his half-sister and later his pupil.
(c) She is his illegitimate daughter.
(d) She is his pupil and later his mistress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Salieri physical pain as he listens to the piece?

2. What philosophic age does Salieri refer to in his first speech for this section of the play?

3. How does Mozart defend his work?

4. What is the tone of Salieri's comment that 'Our religion' is largely based on waxworks?

5. How does Salieri now plan to destroy Mozart?

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