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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when the emperor attempts to examine the treasure chest Faust has brought him in Scene 3 of Act I?
(a) He goes momentarily blind.
(b) His beard catches fire.
(c) He is attacked by a group of beggars.
(d) He falls asleep.

2. Why is Faust desirous to leave the group when the first arrive at Walpurgis Night in Act II?
(a) He is obsessed with finding Helen.
(b) The homunculus suggests that he goes off on his own.
(c) He wants to seek out Achilles.
(d) He is upset at Mephistopholes.

3. What does Helen ask Faust to teach her in Scene 2 of Act III?
(a) To dance.
(b) To speak in rhyme.
(c) To sing.
(d) To play a lute.

4. What form does the homunculus decide to take at the end of Act II?
(a) Fire.
(b) Earth.
(c) He decides to not take a form, but remain shapeless.
(d) Water.

5. What news does the marshal bring the emperor in the beginning of Scene 4 of Act I?
(a) He tells the emperor that the people have built a statue for him.
(b) He tells the emperor a civil war has broken out.
(c) He tells the emperor that all of his debts have been paid in full.
(d) He tells the emperor that the people are rioting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the female vampires called who Mephistopheles meets in Act II?

2. Where does Mephistopheles place Faust at the beginning of Act II?

3. Who sings a song of rejuvenation to Faust?

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

5. Why does Faust declare Lynceus's life forfeit?

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