Amadeus Movie Quiz Answer the following questions while watching the movie- Amadeus.
Continue onto the backside of this sheet.
1. Where do we first see Salieri?
We saw Salieri in a mental institution.
2. Who has come to see him? Why?
A priest came to hear the confession.
3. Which two instruments do we see Mozart playing as a child?
Harpsichord and violin.
4. What was Salieri's position at the court in Vienna?
Court Composer
5. Which two languages were the possible choices for Mozart's first opera in Vienna?
German and Italian.
6. Why was this new opera so outrageous and shocking?
Because it was set in bordello.
7. Where was Salieri from?
Italy.
8. When the Emperor is introduced to Mozart's fiancée, he asks why they are not to be
married yet. What reason does Mozart give?
He said that his father had not given him his blessing.
9. Who was Mozart's wife?
Constance Weber.
10. How does Mozart's father defend his son's extravagant behavior?
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He said he did not raise Mozart in the best way.
11. Describe the mask wars by Mozart's father.
The mask he wore was a double-faced mask with a tricorn hat, one side of it smiling,
hand the other side frowning.
12. Who later wore the same mask, and for what purpose?
Salieri, to scare Mozart.
13. When Salieri sees the compositions that Mozart's wife brings in for review, what is he so
surprised to see?
That there was no corrections in the music and they were all originals.
14. How does Salieri find out what is going on in Mozart's household?
He sends it a maid.
15. What was the nickname Mozart's wife had for him?
Wolfy
16. What is a Requiem?
A song played at a funeral.
17. Name three things that came out of the horse's tail when Mozart took his son to see the
opera.
A bottle of champagne, doves, and sausage.
18. When Constanza becomes ill, who gives her the money to go to the Spa?
He mom.
19. Two people are singing on stage when Mozart is taken ill. What are they dressed as?
As parrots
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20. Long after his father's death, Mozart shakes his fist at his father's portrait one night when he
is drunk. What happens immediately he does this?
Salieri he showed up in a double face-mask.
21. What is an Opera? Look up definition if necessary.
A dramatic work in one or more ask, set to music for singers and instrumentalists.
22. Explain how Mozart was buried? Why do you think this is so? Also, was he murdered?
He was buried in s wooden coffin. I think did not was murdered because while he was
working he had a high fever and died. There still researcher looking because his death is
uncertain about what happened to him.
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