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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What insight does Salieri experience when he hears 'Marten Aller Arten' being sung?
(a) He understands that the soprano is flighty.
(b) He understands that this is just how music ought to be written.
(c) He understands religious ecstasy.
(d) He understands that Mozart has had sex with the singer.

2. Who picks the child Mozart up after his fall?
(a) His mother.
(b) Marie Antionette.
(c) No-one.
(d) The Emperor's mother.

3. What kind of work has the Emperor commissioned Mozart to write?
(a) A concerto.
(b) A symphony.
(c) A string quartet.
(d) An opera.

4. What words are whispered at the beginning of the play?
(a) 'Salieri' and 'assassin.'
(b) 'Celery' and 'assassin.'
(c) 'Salieri' and 'companion.'
(d) 'Mozart' and 'Beethoven.'

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Music from which of Mozart's operas is played as Salieri muses during the transition between scenes?

2. In which room at the Baroness's does Salieri first see Mozart?

3. How is the Venticelli's speech described?

4. Why are the Mozarts cold?

5. What makes Von Strack very cross?

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