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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Constanze do with the last of their money?
(a) She goes to the spa in Baden, Germany.
(b) She gives it to her mother.
(c) She travels to Prague to meet a lover.
(d) She goes to Bonn in Germany.

2. What does Salieri find a compensation for ghastly encounters at the Baroness's?
(a) Watching Mozart suffer.
(b) His favorite crema al mascarpone.
(c) Eating eclairs in secret.
(d) The creative ideas that follow.

3. How does Mozart view Salieri at this point?
(a) As a kind but impatient man.
(b) As a fine musician.
(c) As a kind and good man.
(d) As an inspiring musician who is good and kind.

4. For what reason does Mozart reject the idea of giving more concerts?
(a) He says he has lost his gifts as a virtuoso.
(b) He says he has arthritic pain in his fingers.
(c) He says he can't afford to rent a hall.
(d) He says he is no longer fashionable.

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

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

7. Salieri's comments about the Viennese suggest they are . . .
(a) Shallow.
(b) Devious.
(c) Tasteful.
(d) Cultured.

8. What suggestion does Salieri make to Mozart?
(a) That it should be about brotherly love.
(b) That it should be about Egyptians.
(c) That he write a sequel to Seraglio.
(d) That he put the Masons into it.

9. Where does Salieri next meet Mozart?
(a) In a Venetian street.
(b) At the Baroness's house.
(c) In the Emperor's music room.
(d) In a Vienna street.

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

11. What do we learn from Van Swieten about Mozart's activities?
(a) That he is considering joining the Freemansons.
(b) That he has joined the Freemasons.
(c) That he is going to visit Prague.
(d) That he has visited Salzburg.

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

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

14. What troubles does Mozart tell Salieri he has?
(a) Physical pains and bad dreams.
(b) Money woes and family illnesses.
(c) Worries concerning Constanze's pregnancy.
(d) Money woes and memories of his late father.

15. Who pays for Mozart's funeral?
(a) Baron Van Swieten.
(b) The Emperor.
(c) Frau Weber.
(d) Count Orsini-Rosenberg

Short Answer Questions

1. How has Salieri's career progressed?

2. What does Constanze's return to Salieri show us?

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

4. How does Baron Van Swieten enter the Theater by the Weiden?

5. How does Salieri dress in order to frighten Mozart?

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