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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the female vampires called who Mephistopheles meets in Act II?
(a) Dactyles.
(b) Chelone.
(c) Lamiae.
(d) Seismos.

2. What is the opinion of the women of the court of Helen?
(a) They try to emulate her.
(b) They are indifferent to her.
(c) They adore her.
(d) They are jealous of her.

3. What is the opinion of the women of the court of Paris?
(a) They find him beautiful.
(b) They are indifferent to him.
(c) They dislike him.
(d) They are jealous of him.

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

5. What token does Mephistopheles give Lady to help her regain the affection of her lover in Scene 6 of Act I?
(a) A feather.
(b) A stone.
(c) A coal.
(d) A flower.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Wagner successful in creating the homunculus in Scene II of Act II?

2. Which famous figure did Chiron tutor?

3. Who becomes the fool for the emperor in Scene 2 of Act I?

4. What news does the marshal bring the emperor in the beginning of Scene 4 of Act I?

5. What instrument accompanies the gardeners in Scene 3 of Act I?

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