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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the setting of Scene 4 in Act I?
(a) The countryside.
(b) The pleasure gardens of the imperial court.
(c) The cathedral.
(d) The city center and site of the Carnvial celebration.

2. What form does the homunculus decide to take at the end of Act II?
(a) Earth.
(b) He decides to not take a form, but remain shapeless.
(c) Water.
(d) Fire.

3. What ancient mythological figure does the Astrologer compare Faust with in Scene 7 of Act I?
(a) Hercules.
(b) Hades.
(c) Atlas.
(d) Prometheus.

4. According to Faust's dream, who is the father of Helen?
(a) Jupiter.
(b) Hades.
(c) Hercules.
(d) Jason.

5. What does Wagner believe the sound of the bell accompanying Mephistopheles in Act II signals?
(a) The end of the day.
(b) The birth of an idea.
(c) A warning of an approaching evil.
(d) Good things to come.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Faust distribute to the crowd in Scene 3 of Act I?

4. What ailment of the Brunette does Mephistopheles cure in Scene 6 of Act I?

5. What science is Wagner practicing in the laboratory when Mephistopheles comes upon him in Scene 2 of Act II?

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