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

2. Who is specifically told to remain behind in his study rather than travel with the homunculus to Walpurgis Night?
(a) Wagner.
(b) Famulus.
(c) Mephistopheles.
(d) Baccalaureus.

3. What does Phoebe's wheels symbolize in Act I, Scene 1?
(a) The rising moon.
(b) A thunder storm.
(c) The approach of dawn.
(d) The setting sun.

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

5. What shape does Proteus take to transport the homunculus into the ocean on his back?
(a) A whale.
(b) A bird.
(c) A sea horse.
(d) A dolphin.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who tells the emperor they are out of wine in Scene 2 of Act I?

3. Why has the emperor requested Faust to conjure Helen and Paris?

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

5. What type of creature is Chiron?

(see the answer key)

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