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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 in the beginning of Act II?
(a) Ancient Greece.
(b) Faust's study.
(c) The imperial court.
(d) A pleasing countryside.

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

3. Who must Faust go to, in order to conjure Helen and Paris?
(a) The Graces.
(b) The Fates.
(c) Mephistopheles.
(d) The Mothers.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What holiday is the court preparing to celebrate in Act I?

5. Who is specifically told to remain behind in his study rather than travel with the homunculus to Walpurgis Night?

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