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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the opinion of the women of the court of Paris?
(a) They dislike him.
(b) They are indifferent to him.
(c) They are jealous of him.
(d) They find him beautiful.

2. What is the setting of Scene 7 in Act I?
(a) A brightly lighted room.
(b) The setting is not disclosed.
(c) A dimly illuminated Baronial Hall.
(d) A beautiful pleasure garden.

3. What two "orders" support the throne, according to the Chancellor in Scene 2 of Act I?
(a) The soldiers and the clergy.
(b) The clergy and the knights.
(c) The common people and the clergy.
(d) The advisors and the soldiers.

4. What does Mephistopheles introduce himself as to the Sphinxes and sirens?
(a) The Old Iniquity.
(b) The Ultimate Riddle.
(c) The Lost Seeker.
(d) Jupiter.

5. What is the job of Nereus?
(a) His job is not given in the novel.
(b) He is the servant of Neptune.
(c) He is the protector of ships.
(d) He is the guardian of the sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Menelaus order Helen to do before he left her in Scene 1 of Act III?

2. Who was an earlier student of Faust that now works as his assistant?

3. What does Mephistopheles cure the blonde woman of in Scene 6 of Act I?

4. What instrument accompanies the gardeners in Scene 3 of Act I?

5. Which God, does Mephistopheles tell the creation myth of to the chorus in Act III?

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