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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What must Faust descend through to read the location given by the prophetess in Act II?
(a) The Temple of Apollo.
(b) The Temple of Demetrius.
(c) The Garden of Eden.
(d) The home of Hades.

2. How has Mephistopheles paid people in the empire in Act I?
(a) Through paper notes signed by the emperor.
(b) He has not paid anyone in the empire.
(c) With gold he found buried in the kingdom.
(d) He paid them with jewels from the emperor's treasure chamber.

3. What science is Wagner practicing in the laboratory when Mephistopheles comes upon him in Scene 2 of Act II?
(a) Alchemy.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) Botany.
(d) Molecular Biology.

4. What shape does Proteus take to transport the homunculus into the ocean on his back?
(a) A whale.
(b) A bird.
(c) A sea horse.
(d) A dolphin.

5. Who is not a member of Faust's entourage that is mentioned in Scene 2 of Act III?
(a) Pages.
(b) A fool.
(c) Squires.
(d) His entourage is not described.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which figure guides the living Colossus in Scene 3 of Act I?

2. Who sings a song of rejuvenation to Faust?

3. What is the setting of Scene 4 in Act I?

4. What reason does the homunculus tell Mephistopheles, to encourage him to take Faust to the classical Walpurgis Night?

5. Who tells Faust and Helen that Menelaus has arrived with his armies?

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