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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the homunculus appear in the beginning of Scene 3 of Act II?

2. What is the state of Faust at the end of Act I?

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

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. How has Mephistopheles paid people in the empire in Act I?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe the appearance of the emperor during his entrance to the Carnival Masquerade.

8. Why is Faust seeking Helen in Act II?

9. What are the Mothers that Faust visits in Scene 5?

10. How does Mephistopheles become the new fool to the emperor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout Faust, Goethe uses imagery as a metaphor for the plot and character development. Give three specific examples of these metaphors and how they relate specific actions in the plot and/or character development. Discuss why or why not they are effective as literary tools augmenting the general action.

Essay Topic 2

Selecting at least two formal elements of the novel, write an essay about how Goethe employs literary devices to enhance the moral of Faust Part II. Make sure and use specific textual examples to illustrate how these devices function.

Essay Topic 3

In Faust a lot of focus is given to the issues of good versus evil and beautiful versus ugly. Using specific characters and situations discuss how Goethe highlights this dichotomy and specifically how the idea of beautiful versus ugly relates to good versus evil.

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