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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two "orders" support the throne, according to the Chancellor in Scene 2 of Act I?
(a) The advisors and the soldiers.
(b) The common people and the clergy.
(c) The clergy and the knights.
(d) The soldiers and the clergy.

2. What science is Wagner practicing in the laboratory when Mephistopheles comes upon him in Scene 2 of Act II?
(a) Chemistry.
(b) Botany.
(c) Molecular Biology.
(d) Alchemy.

3. What event prompts Anaxagoras to believe he won the philosophical debate in Scene 3 of Act II?
(a) The arrival of a flock of birds.
(b) The appearance of volcano.
(c) The fall of a meteor, which disrupts the landscape.
(d) The lunar eclipse that takes place.

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

5. Who responds to Mephistopheles ringing the bell in Act II?
(a) Wagner.
(b) Famulus.
(c) Baccalaureus.
(d) Faust.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What ailment of the Brunette does Mephistopheles cure in Scene 6 of Act I?

3. What is the state of Faust at the end of Act I?

4. Which despicable and noxious creatures does Mephistopheles eventually find as the true embodiment of ugliness in Act II?

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

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