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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What choice is Mozart given?
2. What does Mozart suggest is the answer to his problems?
3. What is frightening Constanze?
4. What does Constanze do with the last of their money?
5. How is the Emperor likely to foil Salieri's plans?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to make The Marriage of Figaro a failure in its first year?
2. What is Salieri's fate?
3. What does Constanze's return to Salieri's apartment reveal about her?
4. What is the importance of the scene in which Salieri's home is contrasted with that of the Mozart family?
5. What does Mozart tell Salieri at the end of this section of the play?
6. What is unusual about Mozart's vision of opera?
7. How does Salieri change focus in his struggle against God and His instrument, Mozart?
8. How does the death of Kapellmeister Bonno affect Salieri?
9. Comment on the philosophical contrast between Mozart and Van Swieten and Von Strack.
10. In what way does Salieri use the information from the Venticelli to take further action against Mozart?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose two of the minor--though crucial--characters in Amadeus and discuss their function in the play as a whole. (Exclude the Venticelli from this discussion.)
Essay Topic 2
Examine the character of Salieri and compare and contrast him with Mozart. You might want to consider the morals and motivation of each man.
Essay Topic 3
'Salieri's 'virtue' is mere behavior: it is not a movement of the soul towards God, and is easily discarded.' Is this an accurate appraisal? Discuss Salieri's relationship with God, as depicted in the play.
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