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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maia steal from Ares?
(a) His crown.
(b) His bow.
(c) His armor.
(d) His sword.

2. What does Mephistopheles tell Helen that frightens her in Scene 1 of Act III?
(a) That the servants are planning on killing her.
(b) That she will quicly grow old and ugly.
(c) The he is going to eat her.
(d) That her husband intends to sacrifice her.

3. What are the names of the two philosophers that the homunculus comes upon in Scene 3 of Act II?
(a) Socrates and Plato.
(b) Anaxagoras and Thales.
(c) Anaxagoras and Xenophanes.
(d) Heraclitus and Thales.

4. What reason does the homunculus tell Mephistopheles, to encourage him to take Faust to the classical Walpurgis Night?
(a) The homunculus believes it will be amusing.
(b) Otherwise Faust will die.
(c) It is the only way for Mephistopheles to understand Faust.
(d) He does not give a reason, but simply demands they go.

5. Who does Faust claim sent him to the emperor?
(a) He does not say who sent him.
(b) He claims he was sent by Zeus.
(c) He claims he was sent by a wizard.
(d) He claims he was sent by the rival emperor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What power does Mephistopheles first offer Faust in Scene 1 of Act IV?

2. What does Maia steal from Poseidon?

3. What event are the advisers of the emperor excited to plan in Scene 3 of Act IV?

4. What does Mephistopheles introduce himself as to the Sphinxes and sirens?

5. Why is Wagner successful in creating the homunculus in Scene II of Act II?

(see the answer key)

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