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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What people are the chorus members meant to represent?
(a) Salieri's cousins and nineteenth century neighbors.
(b) Nineteenth century citizens of Verona.
(c) Nineteenth century citizens of Venezia.
(d) Eighteenth century citizens of Vienna.

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

3. What animal is Constanze imitating?
(a) A vole.
(b) A mouse.
(c) A furry puppy.
(d) A pussy-cat.

4. How old is Salieri in the first scene of the play?
(a) Seventy.
(b) Thirty-two.
(c) Seventy-two.
(d) Eighty.

5. How does Mozart insult Count Orsini-Rosenberg?
(a) He tells him he is fat as a toad.
(b) He tells him he looks like a toad.
(c) He tells him he looks like a turd.
(d) He makes an obscene gesture and laughs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who formally introduces Mozart and Salieri?

3. How does Salieri describe Mozart at the end of this scene?

4. Who is named as an old pupil of Salieri's?

5. What does Constanze accuse her husband of doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Van Swieten's attitude to Salieri at this point in the play?

2. What happens in this section of the play to fertilize the growing seed of Salieri's murderous ideas?

3. In what way is the 'calf-measuring scene' ironic?

4. How does the play open?

5. Comment on Salieri's appeal to 'the ghosts of the future'.

6. For what reason might the scene in the Baroness's library be considered ironic?

7. In what way does Salieri claim to be different from his parents?

8. In what ways does Salieri work to undermine Mozart in this section of the play?

9. What does his comment about his requirement in a wife reveal about Salieri's character?

10. What is the significance of the golden light that bathes the Emperor and his court?

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