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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How has Mephistopheles paid people in the empire in Act I?
(a) He has not paid anyone in the empire.
(b) Through paper notes signed by the emperor.
(c) He paid them with jewels from the emperor's treasure chamber.
(d) With gold he found buried in the kingdom.

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

3. Which figure guides the living Colossus in Scene 3 of Act I?
(a) Fear.
(b) Prudence.
(c) Hope.
(d) Faust.

4. Why has the emperor requested Faust to conjure Helen and Paris?
(a) Mephistopheles suggested it to him.
(b) He seeks amusement and wants to see their beauty.
(c) He hopes to have Paris lead his army.
(d) He hopes to woo Helen.

5. Which is not a name of the graces mentioned in Scene 3 of Act I?
(a) Euphrosyne.
(b) Aglaia.
(c) Lachesis.
(d) Hegemony.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Mephistopheles, what must one possess to receive miracles?

3. Who does the Emperor ask to see in the beginning of Scene 2 of Act I?

4. Who must Faust go to, in order to conjure Helen and Paris?

5. What is the setting of Scene 4 in Act I?

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