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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does the marshal bring the emperor in the beginning of Scene 4 of Act I?
(a) He tells the emperor a civil war has broken out.
(b) He tells the emperor that the people are rioting.
(c) He tells the emperor that all of his debts have been paid in full.
(d) He tells the emperor that the people have built a statue for him.

2. Why is Wagner successful in creating the homunculus in Scene II of Act II?
(a) He uses a new procedure.
(b) He has several students assisting him.
(c) He is not successful in creating the homunculus.
(d) He is aided by Mephistopheles.

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

4. What is the opinion of the women of the court of Helen?
(a) They are indifferent to her.
(b) They are jealous of her.
(c) They try to emulate her.
(d) They adore her.

5. Why does Faust try to dispel Paris in Scene 7 of Act I?
(a) Mephistopheles instructs him to.
(b) He's trying to protect Paris from the men at court.
(c) He is bored with Paris.
(d) He wants Helen for himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting of Scene 3 in Act II?

2. Who is the queen of the dead as featured in Act II?

3. Which famous figure did Chiron tutor?

4. Where does the prophetess instruct Faust to look for Helen in Act iI?

5. What does Mephistopheles cure the blonde woman of in Scene 6 of Act I?

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