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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the chorus ask Mephistopheles at the beginning of Scene 3 in Act III?
(a) They ask what has happened in their splendor.
(b) They ask where they are.
(c) They ask what they should give Faust as a token of appreciation.
(d) They ask his identity.

2. What follows Mephistopheles and Helen as they flee at the end of Scene 1 in Act III?
(a) Paris.
(b) A group of phorkyads.
(c) Several hopeful suitors for Helen.
(d) A dark cloud.

3. Who is not one of the aides to Faust in Act IV?
(a) Patrean.
(b) Bully.
(c) Holdfast.
(d) Havequick.

4. Who does the archbishop accuse the emperor of being in league with in Scene 3 of Act IV?
(a) He makes no accusation towards the emperor.
(b) Faust.
(c) Satan.
(d) The rival emperor.

5. When Mephistopheles asks Faust what he desires in Scene 1 of Act IV, how does Faust respond?
(a) Faust refuses to respond to Mephistopheles's question.
(b) Faust tells Mephistopheles to guess his desires.
(c) Faust claims he does not desire anything.
(d) Faust tells Mephistopheles he desires earthly powers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the ruler of the hiding place that Mephistopheles suggests to Helen?

2. What power does Mephistopheles first offer Faust in Scene 1 of Act IV?

3. What does the chorus cry as Euphorion falls?

4. What does Maia steal from Ares?

5. What does the emperor give the Arch-Chamberlain in Scene 3 of Act IV?

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