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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who follows Mephistopheles and his torch in Scene 5 of Act V?
(a) His three angry henchmen.
(b) Faust.
(c) Lemurs.
(d) Village people.

4. What is the eldest of the fates?
(a) Atropos.
(b) Lachesis.
(c) Alecto.
(d) Clotho.

5. Who is not one of the four gray women who visit the palace in Scene 4 of Act V?
(a) Care.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Distress.
(d) Loneliness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of creature is Chiron?

2. Why does Faust try to dispel Paris in Scene 7 of Act I?

3. What does Maia steal from Hephaestus?

4. Who arrives as Mephistopheles opens the ground to reveal hell in Scene 6 of Act V?

5. Where does Helen go after the chorus tries to assuage her fears in Scene 1 of Act III?

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