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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells the emperor they are out of wine in Scene 2 of Act I?
(a) The Field Marshal.
(b) The Steward.
(c) Mephistopheles.
(d) The Chancellor.

2. Which group of people does Baccalaureus feel should be shot?
(a) Inexperienced youth.
(b) Single females.
(c) All professors.
(d) Men over thirty.

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

4. According to the astrologer in Scene 2, what is the fairest star?
(a) Venus.
(b) Saturn.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) Mars.

5. What token does Mephistopheles give Lady to help her regain the affection of her lover in Scene 6 of Act I?
(a) A coal.
(b) A flower.
(c) A feather.
(d) A stone.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why has the emperor requested Faust to conjure Helen and Paris?

4. What form does the homunculus decide to take at the end of Act II?

5. What is the setting in the beginning of Act II?

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