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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As the chorus insults Mephistopheles in Act III, what is their intention?
(a) They hope he will lose his temper.
(b) They hope to scare him away.
(c) They hope to make him laugh.
(d) They hope to learn his name.

3. In what setting does Faust seek sleep in Act I?
(a) At home in his study.
(b) In a quiet cottage.
(c) A pleasing landscape.
(d) At the imperial court.

4. How does the homunculus appear in the beginning of Scene 3 of Act II?
(a) As the reflection on a mirror.
(b) As water.
(c) As a light in a bottle.
(d) As a slightly darkened cloud.

5. What are the names of the two philosophers that the homunculus comes upon in Scene 3 of Act II?
(a) Anaxagoras and Thales.
(b) Heraclitus and Thales.
(c) Anaxagoras and Xenophanes.
(d) Socrates and Plato.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Helen afraid of in Scene 1 of Act III?

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

3. Who does Mephistopheles disguise himself as in Act III?

4. What is the job of Nereus?

5. According to Faust's dream, who is the mother of Helen?

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