What does Salieri’s father think of young Salieri’s passion for music? HE WANTS HIS SON TO BE THE BEST MUSICIAN IN THE WORLD.HE THINKS THAT SALIERI HAS NO MUSICAL ABILITY.HE DISAPPROVES OF HIS SON’S PASSIONS.HE LEARNS HOW TO PLAY THE HARPSICHORD IN ORDER TO TEACH IT TO SALIERI.
2How does young Salieri react to his father’s death?HE CALLS IT A MIRACLE.HE GRIEVES FOR YEARS.HE EXPECTS THE DEATH SINCE HIS FATHER HAS BEEN SICK FOR YEARS.HE IS MAD AT HIS FATHER FOR LEAVING THE FAMILY WITH DEBTS.
3Where does Salieri go to study music?VIENNAROMELONDONPARIS
4Where does Salieri first encounter Mozart.AT THE PRINCE-ARCHBISHOP’S RESIDENCEAT A COSTUME SHOPAT MOZART’S RESIDENCEAT EMPEROR JOSEPH II’S PALACE
5What is Mozart doing when Salieri first encounter him?MOZART IS PASSED OUT FROM DRINKING.MOZART IS CONDUCTING AN OPERA.MOZART IS FLIRTING WITH CONSTANZE.MOZART IS HAVING A FIGHT WITH HIS FATHER.
6Who is Salieri’s object of affection?KATHERINA CAVALIERICONSTANZE MOZARTFRAU WEBERLORL
7How does Salieri view Mozart?HE SEES MOZART AS A MAN OF MANY ADMIRABLE TRAITS.HE THINKS THAT MOZART’S TALENTS HAVE BEEN EXAGGERATED.HE THINKS THAT MOZART WOULD MAKE A WONDERFUL PUPIL.HE SEES MOZART AS A VULGAR AND INFANTILE MAN.
8How does Leopold respond to Mozart’s marriage?HE IS OVERWHELMED WITH JOY.HE WISHES THAT MOZART’S MOTHER WAS ALIVE TO BE PRESENT AT THE WEDDING.HE WISHES THAT MOZART HAD MARRIED SOMEONE YOUNGER.HE IS ANGRY WHEN HE FINDS OUT THAT MOZART WED CONSTANZE.
9What is Leopold’s relationship with Constanze?HE FINDS HER TO BE LAZY, AND SHE THINKS THAT HE IS TOO JUDGMENTAL.HE LUSTS AFTER HER.THEY ARE CORDIAL TO EACH OTHER.THEY WORK TOGETHER TO GET MOZART TO BE LESS INFANTILE.
10How does Mozart view other musicians in the emperor’s court?HE CONSIDERS THEM TO BE HIS BROTHERS.HE ADMIRES THEIR SKILLS.HE THINKS THAT THEY ARE TOO ARROGANT.HE CONSIDERS THEM BENEATH HIM.
11When Mozart comes to Emperor Joseph II’s palace, how does he treat Salieri?HE TELLS THE EMPEROR THAT SALIERI IS THE ONLY COMPOSER IN THE WORLD THAT HE CONSIDERS A THREAT.HE TELLS THE EMPEROR THAT SALIERI WAS HIS HERO AS A CHILD.HE TELLS THE EMPEROR THAT SALIERI’S SKILLS ARE THE BEST IN THE WORLD AFTER HIS OWN.HE BELITTLES SALIERI IN FRONT OF THE EMPEROR.
12Why does Mozart walk away from the teaching position that Salieri recommends?THE PUPIL’S HOUSEHOLD HAS TOO MANY DOGS.THE PUPIL IS HOPELESS.THE PUPIL’S FATHER IS TOO RUDE.THE PUPIL’S STRONG AFFECTIONS FOR MOZART MAKE MOZART FEEL UNEASY.
13How does Leopold find Mozart’s residence?HE FINDS IT DISORDERLY.HE FINDS IT TOO LARGE AND THINKS THAT HIS SON IS BEING WASTEFUL.HE THINKS THAT MOZART HAS SPENT TOO MUCH MONEY ON USELESS PORTRAITS.HE SEES CONSTANZE’S EXPENSIVE GOWNS ALL OVER THE PLACE AND THINKS THAT CONSTANZE IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF MOZART.
14At the party, who suggests that Mozart play a piece by Salieri?SALIERICONSTANZEEMANUEL SCHIKANEDERLEOPOLD
15Why does Leopold leave Mozart’s residence?LEOPOLD GOES BACK TO SALZBURG TO STOP HIS DAUGHTER FROM MARRYING AN UNSUITABLE MAN.LEOPOLD’S WIFE IS SICK.TENSIONS BETWEEN LEOPOLD AND CONSTANZE INCREASES.TENSIONS BETWEEN LEOPOLD AND MOZART INCREASES.
16How many performances does Don Giovanni receive?1825
17What does Salieri gain from watching Don Giovanni?HE GAINS SYMPATHY FOR MOZART AND DECIDES TO STOP HIS PLANS FOR REVENGE.HE GAINS INSPIRATION FOR HIS NEXT OPERA.HE SEES THE IMPACT OF LEOPOLD’S DEATH ON MOZART AND DEDUCES A WAY TO EXPLOIT THIS GRIEF.HE SEES THAT MOZART HAS DISREGARDED ONE OF THE EMPEROR’S BANS, AND HE PLANS ON REPORTING THIS BREACH OF AUTHORITY TO THE EMPEROR.
18What does the masked figure want from Mozart?A REQUIEMLORLMONEYCONSTANZE
19What are Constanze’s feelings for Emanuel Schikaneder?HE SHOWS CONTEMPT FOR HER, AND THIS IRRITATES HER.SHE DOES NOT WANT MOZART TO WRITE HIM AN OPERA.SHE THINKS THAT HE IS A TERRIBLE ACTOR.HE SHOWS FEELINGS FOR HER, AND THIS MAKES HER UNCOMFORTABLE.
20How many times in the film does Mozart beg for a loan?6213
21Why does Constanze return to Vienna?SHE SENSES THAT SOMETHING TERRIBLE WILL HAPPEN TO MOZART.SHE HAS CHANGED HER MIND ABOUT HER SON’S ADOPTION.SHE MISSES HER FRIENDS.SHE MISSES HER MOTHER.
22When Salieri answers the door for a weak Mozart, who does he see?CONSTANZELEOPOLDSCHIKANEDER AND THE OTHER ACTORS WHO STARRED IN THE MAGIC FLUTETHE MASKED FIGURE
23In Mozart’s final hours, what is the dynamic between him and Salieri?MOZART IS VERY APOLOGETIC TO SALIERI.MOZART DISCOVERS ALL THAT SALIERI HAS DONE TO HIM.SALIERI BEGS MOZART FOR FORGIVENESS.SALIERI TELLS MOZART EVERYTHING, BUT HE IS UNAPOLOGETIC ABOUT HIS ACTIONS.
24Where does Mozart die?AT SALIERI’S RESIDENCEAT HIS HOMEON THE STREETSAT THE EMPEROR’S PALACE
25Who is present when Mozart dies?FRAU WEBER, COUNT ORSINI-ROSENBERG, AND KAPELLMEISTER BONNOLORL, CONSTANZE, AND YOUNG KARLSALIERI, CONSTANZE, AND YOUNG KARLFRAU WEBER, CONSTANZE, AND LORL
