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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Faust distribute to the crowd in Scene 3 of Act I?
(a) Beautiful jewelry that is bewitched to change colors.
(b) Anvils and hammers to do work.
(c) Food and wine.
(d) Magical money that transforms when it is touched.

2. Who becomes the fool for the emperor in Scene 2 of Act I?
(a) The chancellor.
(b) Mephistopheles.
(c) Ariel.
(d) Faust.

3. Why is Wagner successful in creating the homunculus in Scene II of Act II?
(a) He uses a new procedure.
(b) He is not successful in creating the homunculus.
(c) He has several students assisting him.
(d) He is aided by Mephistopheles.

4. Why does Faust try to dispel Paris in Scene 7 of Act I?
(a) He's trying to protect Paris from the men at court.
(b) He wants Helen for himself.
(c) Mephistopheles instructs him to.
(d) He is bored with Paris.

5. Which is not a name of the graces mentioned in Scene 3 of Act I?
(a) Hegemony.
(b) Euphrosyne.
(c) Aglaia.
(d) Lachesis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What must Faust descend through to read the location given by the prophetess in Act II?

2. What is the setting in the beginning of Act II?

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

4. What is the state of Faust at the end of Act I?

5. What is the name of the prophetess that Chiron takes Faust to in Act II?

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