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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Faust decides to help the emperor, what does Mephistopheles turn him into?
(a) A general-in-chief with three aides.
(b) A calveryman.
(c) A skilled soldier.
(d) A savvy politician who can soothe the people.

2. What is the setting of Scene 3 in Act IV?
(a) The castle.
(b) The battlefield.
(c) The mountainside.
(d) The emperor's tent.

3. Who is the ruler of the hiding place that Mephistopheles suggests to Helen?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Faust.
(c) Hades.
(d) Zeus.

4. What is the name of Faust's lookout?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Mephisotopheles.
(c) Lynceus.
(d) Penthalis.

5. How does the group travel with the homunculus to Walpurgis Night in Scene 2 of Act II?
(a) They all take sleeping draughts and travel in their dreams together.
(b) They appeal to the Mothers to make their journey.
(c) They physcially walk to Walpurgis Night.
(d) They travel through time and space to classical Greece.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is not a member of Faust's entourage that is mentioned in Scene 2 of Act III?

2. What does Maia steal from Zeus?

3. Where does Mephistopheles place Faust at the beginning of Act II?

4. What must Faust descend through to read the location given by the prophetess in Act II?

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

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