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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which despicable and noxious creatures does Mephistopheles eventually find as the true embodiment of ugliness in Act II?
(a) Giants.
(b) Phorkyads.
(c) Pigmies.
(d) Cabiri.

2. What is the setting of Scene 3 in Act II?
(a) The setting is not given.
(b) The plains of Pharsalus.
(c) The temple of Athena.
(d) The main square of Athens.

3. 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.

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

5. What are the female vampires called who Mephistopheles meets in Act II?
(a) Seismos.
(b) Dactyles.
(c) Chelone.
(d) Lamiae.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which group of people does Baccalaureus feel should be shot?

2. What is the job of Nereus?

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

4. What shape does Proteus take to transport the homunculus into the ocean on his back?

5. What must Faust descend through to read the location given by the prophetess in Act II?

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