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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who writes an opera that is the talk of the city of Vienna, according to the Venticelli?
(a) Mozart.
(b) Richard Strauss.
(c) Rossini.
(d) Salieri.

2. Why does Mozart dislike operas about lofty individuals and ancient heroes?
(a) He thinks all opera should be funny.
(b) He believes opera should be about real people.
(c) He believes they are too hard for singers to master.
(d) He believes this will make the art form decline.

3. How does Salieri now plan to destroy Mozart?
(a) By turning Constanze against him.
(b) By poisoning him with arsenic.
(c) By getting the Venticelli to spread malicious rumors.
(d) By driving him into destitution.

4. 'It celebrates . . . the goddess in Woman and not the laundress' is a reference to what>
(a) The Feast of the Annunciation.
(b) Opera.
(c) Drama.
(d) Lieder.

5. What new work is Mozart considering?
(a) A Vaudeville for ordinary German people.
(b) A grand opera for ordinary German people.
(c) A Requiem Mass for Schikaneder.
(d) A new comic opera for the Emperor.

6. How has Salieri's career progressed?
(a) He writes smash hit operas and becomes exceedingly rich and famous.
(b) He works hard and has some success.
(c) He is successful, seen as a superior composer to Mozart.
(d) He works hard, writes one hit, then loses favor to Mozart.

7. What does Salieri do when he looks over the manuscript for the Requiem Mass?
(a) He puts it in the bin.
(b) He pours ink all over it.
(c) He burns it.
(d) He tears it up.

8. Who does Salieri claim is the inspiration for the Ghost in Don Giovanni?
(a) Old Papa Haydn.
(b) Chris Gluck.
(c) God.
(d) Leopold Mozart.

9. What is the final blow for Mozart?
(a) The unmasking of Salieri and his despair over money.
(b) His unmasking of Salieri and recognition of his villainous betrayal.
(c) A letter from Constanze saying she will never return.
(d) His unmasking of Salieri and his despair over the damaged manuscript.

10. What works has Mozart written during the same time?
(a) The opera Guilio Cesere.
(b) Only two violin concerti.
(c) Keyboard concerti and the string quartets.
(d) Music for the popular theatre.

11. What does Salieri know that the Venticelli do not?
(a) Mozart is writing his clarinet concerto.
(b) Mozart is writing secretly to Schikaneder.
(c) Mozart is writing his Requiem Mass.
(d) Mozart is writing long letters to Constanze.

12. Why did Van Swieten attend the performance?
(a) Out of simple suriosity.
(b) The Emperor suggested it.
(c) Salieri suggested it.
(d) He'd heard gossip about it at the Masonic Lodge.

13. How had Mozart disobeyed his father?
(a) By composing The Abduction from the Seraglio.
(b) By working for the Emperor.
(c) By marrying against his advice.
(d) By leaving Salzburg.

14. For Mozart, what is the outcome of his work for Schikaneder?
(a) He gains nothing except money to buy alcohol.
(b) There is talk of a further opera to be written.
(c) He gains nothing.
(d) He gains a little, but insufficient to cover his debts.

15. What explanation does Salieri give the Emporer for not choosing Mozart as the Princess Elizabeth's music tutor?
(a) He tells the Emperor Mozart might influence the Princess politically.
(b) He tells the Emperor Mozart's fees are too high.
(c) He tells the Emperor Mozart is too busy.
(d) He informs the Emperor that Mozart cannot be trusted around young women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mozart's response when the figure (Salieri) beckons under his window?

2. Why does Orsini-Rosenberg object to The Marriage of Figaro?

3. In conversation with Salieri, what attitude to his father does Mozart display?

4. Who does Constanze blame for the Mozarts' present plight?

5. About whom does the Emperor make the comment: 'I daresay he can't do much harm'?

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