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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who becomes the fool for the emperor in Scene 2 of Act I?
(a) The chancellor.
(b) Mephistopheles.
(c) Faust.
(d) Ariel.

4. Where does Faust meet Mephistopheles in Scene 5 of Act I?
(a) In a meadow.
(b) In the busy grand dining hall.
(c) A dark corridor in the palace.
(d) By the fountains in the gardens of the emperor.

5. What do the three friends do at the end of Scene 1 in Act V?
(a) They pray to God in the chapel and ring church bells.
(b) The decide to leave on a long journey.
(c) They have an impromptu dance.
(d) They sing a toast to the emperor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has replaced Faust in his position at the University in Act II?

2. Why has the emperor requested Faust to conjure Helen and Paris?

3. Who is Helen married to in Scene 1 of Act III?

4. How does the emperor respond when he sees Faust in Scene 2 of Act IV?

5. Why is the necromant of Sabine Norcia indebted to the emperor?

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