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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who sings a song of rejuvenation to Faust?
(a) The flowers.
(b) Helen.
(c) Fairies of the field.
(d) Ariel.

2. In Act IV, what do the clouds eventually transform into in Scene 1?
(a) The form of Gretchen.
(b) The form of a dove.
(c) They completely evaporate and are formless.
(d) The form of Euphorion.

3. 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.

4. How does the emperor respond when he sees Faust in Scene 2 of Act IV?
(a) He is sad.
(b) He does not recognize him.
(c) He is fearful that Faust has come to seize the kingdom.
(d) He is overjoyed and happy.

5. Why is the necromant of Sabine Norcia indebted to the emperor?
(a) The emperor has lent him a large sum of money.
(b) The emperor pardoned him from being burned years ago.
(c) The emperor gave him a parcel of land.
(d) He is the son of the emperor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which God, does Mephistopheles tell the creation myth of to the chorus in Act III?

2. What happens when the emperor attempts to examine the treasure chest Faust has brought him in Scene 3 of Act I?

3. Who is the brother of Care?

4. Which group of people does Baccalaureus feel should be shot?

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

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