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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instrument accompanies the garden girls in Scene 3 of Act I?
(a) Theorbos.
(b) Harps.
(c) Lutes.
(d) Mandolins.

2. What token does Mephistopheles give Lady to help her regain the affection of her lover in Scene 6 of Act I?
(a) A flower.
(b) A coal.
(c) A feather.
(d) A stone.

3. What does Wagner believe the sound of the bell accompanying Mephistopheles in Act II signals?
(a) Good things to come.
(b) The birth of an idea.
(c) The end of the day.
(d) A warning of an approaching evil.

4. Where does the prophetess instruct Faust to look for Helen in Act iI?
(a) The underworld.
(b) The river Thebes.
(c) The Agean Sea.
(d) Mount Olympus.

5. According to Mephistopheles, what must one possess to receive miracles?
(a) Good Luck.
(b) Faith.
(c) Divine blessing.
(d) Hope.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the god of wealth that Faust dresses as in Scene 3 of Act I?

2. What does Phoebe's wheels symbolize in Act I, Scene 1?

3. Who is the queen of the dead as featured in Act II?

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

5. What news does the marshal bring the emperor in the beginning of Scene 4 of Act I?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the homunculus say that Faust is dreaming of in Scene 2 of Act II?

2. Why is Mephistopheles unable to see into Faust's dreams?

3. Describe Famulus's attitude towards learning and academic achievement.

4. What is a homunculus and how is it made?

5. In the philosophical debate featured in Scene 3 of Act II, what does Anaxagoras believe is the origin and basis of nature and matter?

6. What is the subject of the prologue of Scene 3 by the Thessalonian witch, Erichto?

7. What does the Boy-charioteer typify?

8. Describe Baccalaureus's attitude towards learning and academic achievement.

9. Why is Faust seeking Helen in Act II?

10. Why is Mephistopheles upset that Faust tells the emperor he can conjure the spirits of Helen and Paris?

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