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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the son of Helen and Faust?
(a) Euphorion.
(b) Icarus.
(c) Lynceus.
(d) Phorkyas.

2. What is the name of the shape-shifting god of forms, who homunculus is advised to seek out in the end of Scene 3 in Act II?
(a) Phoenix.
(b) Proteus.
(c) Gaius.
(d) Galatea.

3. Who was an earlier student of Faust that now works as his assistant?
(a) Wagner.
(b) Famulus.
(c) Erichto.
(d) Chiron.

4. What holiday is the court preparing to celebrate in Act I?
(a) Winter Solstice.
(b) May Day.
(c) Carnival.
(d) Day of the Kings.

5. How does the chorus describe Menelaus in Scene 1 of Act III?
(a) They do not mention Menelaus.
(b) As a villan.
(c) As a hero.
(d) As a coward.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Faust awakens in Act I, what are his impressions of his surroundings?

2. What does Mephistopheles give Faust to help him on his journey to conjure Helen and Paris?

3. Which figure guides the living Colossus in Scene 3 of Act I?

4. Who is the brother of Care?

5. After the death of Baucis and Philemon, what action does Mephistopheles and his troop take?

(see the answer key)

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