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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What holiday is the court preparing to celebrate in Act I?
(a) Winter Solstice.
(b) May Day.
(c) Day of the Kings.
(d) Carnival.

2. What is the state of Faust at the end of Act I?
(a) He is unconscious.
(b) He is content and happily visiting with Mephistopheles.
(c) He has vanished with Paris and Helen.
(d) He is asleep.

3. What are the female vampires called who Mephistopheles meets in Act II?
(a) Dactyles.
(b) Chelone.
(c) Lamiae.
(d) Seismos.

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

5. What ancient mythological figure does the Astrologer compare Faust with in Scene 7 of Act I?
(a) Atlas.
(b) Hades.
(c) Prometheus.
(d) Hercules.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which famous figure did Chiron tutor?

2. What type of creature is Chiron?

3. Who does the Emperor ask to see in the beginning of Scene 2 of Act I?

4. Who becomes the fool for the emperor in Scene 2 of Act I?

5. Which is not a name of the graces mentioned in Scene 3 of Act I?

(see the answer key)

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