1. "The Magic Flute" premiered in Vienna on September 30, 1791, three months before the composer's death. Mozart wrote the music, but who wrote the libretto? Lorenzo da Ponte Boris Karloff Carl Ludwig Gleseke Emanuel Schikaneder

2. What is The Magic Flute, exactly? An opera A musical An operetta A Singspiel

3. Mozart wrote The Magic Flute in only 6 months. This was even more impressive when one considers that he also wrote another opera at the same time - a serious, Italian one to celebrate the coronation of Leopold II. Which one was this? La Clemenza di Tito Idomeneo Lucia Silla La Traviata

4. Part of the myth surrounding "The Magic Flute" is its association with a secret society. Which one? The Knights of Colombus Amway The Utopian Socialists The Freemasons

5. All the characters in "The Magic Flute" have some symbolic significance - some easy to spot, some not. The Queen of the Night, in particular, has been the object of a lot of speculation. She's certainly evil, but who or what is she supposed to represent? Mozart's mother-in-law Emperess Maria Theresa Superstition, ignorance and blind faith All of these

6. Monostatos, the second-string villain, is a controversial character for modern audiences. Why? He's short He's black He isn't a little bit funny He's not romantic enough

7. Now it's time for the story. The curtain rises on the handsome Prince Tamino, who is desperately calling for help. Why is he so frightened? A hungry lion is chasing him A giant serpent is chasing him An angry Turk is chasing him A very large telephone bill is chasing him

8. When Tamino comes to and realizes he's been rescued, who takes the credit? The three ladies Papageno The Queen of the Night The first and second priests

9. The Queen of the Night arrives and plays on Tamino's ready sympathies. She tells him that Sarastro, an evil wizard and coincidentally her ex, has kidnapped their daughter. If Tamino can get the girl back, she's his. Tamino is pretty impressed with the daughter's portrait. He falls in love instantly and sings... Pa-pa-gena! Pa-pa-geno! Du feines Taeubchen, nur herein Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schoen O Isis und Osiris

10. The three ladies get Tamino and Papageno ready for their quest. They give them two gifts that will help them. Tamino, of course, gets the magic flute. What's Papageno's present? A magic glockenspiel Magic pan pipes A magic zither A magic piano

11. When they reach the Temple of Wisdom, Tamino and Papageno split up. Papageno stumbles upon Monostatos trying to rape Pamina and saves her. Tamino meets the speaker, who quickly convinces him that the queen has lied to him about Sarastro. How? The speaker tells Tamino... his faith will save him. women are all feeble-minded gossips and by nature deceitful Isis and Osiris are more powerful than the queen. the law of the Sun is the law of life.

12. 'Das klinget so herrlich, das klinget so schoen! Nie hab ich so etwas gehoert und geseh'n...' We've never heard anything so lovely! We've just got to dance! Who is enchanted here? Monostatos and the slaves The three ladies The animals of the forest The priests and initiates

13. Tamino and Papageno begin their intitation into the Temple. What must they take a vow of? Silence Abstinence Friendship Truth

14. It's night. Pamina is lying asleep on a couch. Monostatos spots her. Now's his chance! He gets closer...closer... Kaboom! 'Die Hoelle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen, Tod und Verzweiflung flammet um mich her!' Curses! Foiled again! Whose great big revenge aria has broken up the tender scene? Sarastro Papageno Tamino The Queen of the Night

15. Poor Pamina. She believes that Tamino has rejected her and she's thinking of suicide. Just at the point of plunging in the knife, someone stops her. Who? The police The three ladies The three boys Sarastro

16. Pamina approaches a rocky cave guarded by two men in armour. They sing a short chorale of the dangers Tamino must face. If you always thought this didn't sound much like Mozart, you're right. He didn't write it. Who (probably) did? Felix Mendelsohn David Lloyd George Johann Sebastian Bach Martin Luther

17. Tamino is about to face the final tests of fire and water. No way he's going alone, says Pamina, and insists on going too. It is at this point that Tamino realizes for sure that she's a worthy mate and not like other women at all. This motif of the possiblity of equal and happy union, however, was raised earlier in the opera in a simpler, more homely way. What piece celebrated marriage? O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn! Bei Maennern, welche Liebe fuehlen Die Strahlen der Sonne Tamino mein! O welch ein Gluck!

18. 'Gute Nacht, du falsche Welt!' Tamino and Pamina are fine, but Papageno decides that life without a wife is not worth living and he's never going to get that wife he's been promised. It's suicide for him too. He decides to give the world one last chance, though, and does something almost unknown elsewhere in standard opera. What? He speaks directly to the audience He plays the pipes onstage unaccompanied He takes off his clothes He actually kills himself

19. It's not quite over yet. The Queen of the Night has promised Pamina to Monostatos if he helps her, and her ladies destroy Sarastro and the temple. They rush in, only to be instantly destroyed by...what? Sarastro's sword Tamino The two men in armour Sunlight

20. In 1975 a film was made of The Magic Flute by a director with a rare ability to see the world through the eyes of a child. His fascination for 18th and 19th-century stagecraft also appears to effect, as it was filmed in the 18th-century theatre at Drottningholm Castle in Stockholm. Who is this director? Ingmar Bergman Steven Spielberg Joseph Losey Orson Welles