1. |
The opening scene of Amadeus features: |
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Mozart’s death | |||
Salieri’s suicide attempt | |||
Mozart as a child playing for the Pope | |||
Salieri’s confession | |||
2. |
The music that plays as Salieri is taken to the hospital is from which of his symphonies? |
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Symphony No. 25 | |||
Symphony No. 28 | |||
Symphony No. 29 | |||
Symphony No. 33 | |||
3. |
Father Vogler, hospital chaplain, visits Salieri. After Vogler cannot identify any of Salieri’s tunes, Salieri plays the start of which movement of Eine kleine Nachtmusik? |
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Allegro | |||
Romanze | |||
Menuetto | |||
Rondo | |||
4. |
Young Salieri prayed to God to make him a great composer. He offered all of the following except: |
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his industry | |||
his fidelity | |||
his humility | |||
his chastity | |||
5. |
And what miracle does Salieri believe God provided? |
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his being sent to study in Vienna | |||
a chance meeting with the greatest composter of the time, Christoph Gluck | |||
the death of his father | |||
a visit from an archbishop with a taste for young men | |||
6. |
Salieri becomes court composer to the Holy Roman Emperor Josef II, played by: |
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William Atherton | |||
James Spader | |||
Paul Reiser | |||
Jeffrey Jones | |||
7. |
Salieri is shocked to discover the giggling dirty-minded creature he’s seen crawling on the floor was none other than Mozart. Mozart jokingly proposes marriage to Constanze by speaking in: |
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backwards talk | |||
spoonerisms | |||
rhyming slang | |||
Pig Latin | |||
8. |
Emperor Joseph commissions Mozart to write an opera. Why is Mozart’s suggestion controversial? |
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it is sung in Turkish | |||
it insults the Church | |||
it is set in a harem | |||
it encourages the masses to rise up against their monarch | |||
9. |
Mozart conducts his opera The Abduction from the Seraglio. What colour wig is he wearing? |
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yellow | |||
orange | |||
blue | |||
pink | |||
10. |
What’s the Emperor’s complaint about the opera? |
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it is sung in German | |||
the singer is too fat | |||
everyone was singing at once, and he couldn’t follow | |||
there are too many notes | |||
11. |
Who interrupts Mozart’s discussion with the Emperor about the opera? |
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his fiancée, Constanze | |||
the opera director, Count Orsini-Rosenberg | |||
the first Kapellmeister, Giuseppe Bonno | |||
his landlady, Frau Weber | |||
12. |
Constanze comes to Salieri to seek his assistance for Mozart. What treat does he offer her? |
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Milady’s Treasures | |||
Fig Candies | |||
Nipples of Venus | |||
Viennese Oysters | |||
13. |
“From now on, we are enemies you and I.” Who is Salieri talking to? |
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Mozart | |||
the Emperor | |||
Constanze | |||
God | |||
14. |
Mozart’s father has come to stay. His entrance later inspires Mozart in which opera? |
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The Clemency of Titus | |||
Don Giovanni | |||
The Magic Flute | |||
Zaide | |||
15. |
The Mozart family go out to a party. Mozart wears a hat shaped like the head of a: |
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dragon | |||
faun | |||
unicorn | |||
lion | |||
16. |
Salieri hires Lorl to be Mozart’s maid. Which actress plays Lorl? |
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Sarah Jessica Parker | |||
Kristin Davis | |||
Cynthia Nixon | |||
Kim Cattrall | |||
17. |
Mozart is writing another opera – this one is based on a play that has been banned by the Emperor. Name the opera |
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Cosi fan Tutte | |||
The Marriage of Figaro | |||
The Deluded Bridegroom | |||
The Shepherd King | |||
18. |
Aside from plays about class oppression, what else has His Majesty expressly forbidden from opera? |
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dream sequences | |||
ballet | |||
circus acts | |||
large women | |||
19. |
Unfortunately for Mozart, the Emperor yawns during the opera and the Marriage of Figaro is shelved after how many performances? |
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five | |||
seven | |||
nine | |||
eleven | |||
20. |
We get to see Salieri conduct the closing scene of one of his utterly conventional operas. Which one? |
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Axur, King of Ormus | |||
Trofonio’s Cave | |||
Palmira, Queen of Persia | |||
The School of Jealousy | |||
21. |
Salieri hatches a plot to gain victory over Mozart and God – by commissioning Mozart to write a piece of music. What piece does Mozart write? |
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Eine kleine Gigue | |||
Missa solemnis | |||
Requiem Mass in D minor | |||
Te Deum | |||
22. |
Mozart’s friend Schikaneder asks him to write an opera for the common people. Which opera is the result? |
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The Magic Flute | |||
Idomeneo | |||
The Impresario | |||
The Pretended Simpleton | |||
23. |
Schikaneder’s acting troupe includes a little person, played by: |
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Verne Troyer | |||
Warwick Davis | |||
Kenny Baker | |||
Peter Dinklage | |||
24. |
The Queen of the Night’s second act aria in the Magic Flute is inspired by: |
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Constanze | |||
Katerina | |||
Lorl | |||
Frau Weber | |||
25. |
Schikaneder’s costume in the Magic Flute is made entirely of: |
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fur | |||
metallic scales | |||
feathers | |||
human hair | |||
26. |
Mozart collapses during the performance, and is taken home by Salieri. What movement of the Requiem Mass in D Minor does Salieri write down for Mozart? |
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Dies irae (Day of Wrath) | |||
Tuba mirum (Wondrous sound) | |||
Confutatis maledictis (While the wicked are confounded) | |||
Lacrimosa dies illa (That day of tears and mourning) | |||
27. |
Mozart is buried in: |
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a mass grave | |||
Prague cemetery | |||
Salieri’s mausoleum | |||
the Imperial Crypt | |||
28. |
God has had the last laugh on Salieri, keeping him alive for how many years of meaningless fame to end up alone in his room, watching himself become extinct? |
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18 years | |||
28 years | |||
32 years | |||
39 years | |||
29. |
Fill in the blank: “I speak for all the _________ in the world. I am their champion. I am their patron saint.” |
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inadequates | |||
pedestrians | |||
milquetoasts | |||
mediocrities | |||
30. |
The last sound we hear before the credits roll is: |
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Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 | |||
Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 in G Minor | |||
Non Più Andrai from Le Nozze di Figaro | |||
Mozart’s giggling laugh | |||