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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the prophetess instruct Faust to look for Helen in Act iI?
(a) Mount Olympus.
(b) The Agean Sea.
(c) The underworld.
(d) The river Thebes.

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

3. Which God, does Mephistopheles tell the creation myth of to the chorus in Act III?
(a) Hades.
(b) Hephastus.
(c) Hermes.
(d) Zeus.

4. Who sings a song of rejuvenation to Faust?
(a) The flowers.
(b) Ariel.
(c) Helen.
(d) Fairies of the field.

5. Who pardons Lynceus?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Helen.
(c) Faust.
(d) Mephistopheles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who must Faust go to, in order to conjure Helen and Paris?

2. According to Faust's dream, who is the mother of Helen?

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

4. What does Mephistopheles introduce himself as to the Sphinxes and sirens?

5. What is the chorus doing at the beginning of Scene 3 in Act III?

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