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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Faust awakens in Act I, what are his impressions of his surroundings?
(a) He finds the area just the way he remembers it, unchanging.
(b) He barely notices his surroundings.
(c) He finds the landscape to be paradise.
(d) He finds everything dark and dreary.

2. What are the names of the two philosophers that the homunculus comes upon in Scene 3 of Act II?
(a) Anaxagoras and Thales.
(b) Anaxagoras and Xenophanes.
(c) Heraclitus and Thales.
(d) Socrates and Plato.

3. What form does the homunculus decide to take at the end of Act II?
(a) Fire.
(b) He decides to not take a form, but remain shapeless.
(c) Earth.
(d) Water.

4. What happens when the emperor attempts to examine the treasure chest Faust has brought him in Scene 3 of Act I?
(a) He is attacked by a group of beggars.
(b) He goes momentarily blind.
(c) He falls asleep.
(d) His beard catches fire.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has replaced Faust in his position at the University in Act II?

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

3. What is the setting of Scene 7 in Act I?

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

5. What does Phoebe's wheels symbolize in Act I, Scene 1?

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