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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the archbishop want the emperor to build on the land near the battlefield?
(a) An edifice to the fallen soldiers.
(b) A new palace.
(c) A grand church.
(d) A triumphal arch.

3. Why does Helen promptly return to the chorus after she leaves in Scene 1 of Act III?
(a) She is frightened of a creature in the palace.
(b) She is lonely and quickly seeks company from the chorus.
(c) She has forgotten her shawl, which she needs to enter the temple.
(d) A messenger brings her word to return.

4. What is the opinion of the men of court of Helen?
(a) They find her very beautiful.
(b) They can't see her.
(c) They are indifferent to her.
(d) They dislike her.

5. In the beginning of Act IV, what form do the clouds take on first?
(a) The form of Zeus and Ares.
(b) The form of Leda and Helen.
(c) The image of Mephisotpheles.
(d) The form of Faust.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the chorus doing at the beginning of Scene 3 in Act III?

2. According to Faust's dream, who is the father of Helen?

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

4. What is the name of the shape-shifting god of forms, who homunculus is advised to seek out in the end of Scene 3 in Act II?

5. When Faust decides to help the emperor, what does Mephistopheles turn him into?

(see the answer key)

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