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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 Mephistopheles suggest that Helen should hide at the end of Scene 1 of Act III?
(a) The underworld.
(b) A castle in the North.
(c) In the temple of Zeus.
(d) Troy.

2. What is the eldest of the fates?
(a) Lachesis.
(b) Alecto.
(c) Clotho.
(d) Atropos.

3. What is the opinion of the women of the court of Paris?
(a) They are jealous of him.
(b) They find him beautiful.
(c) They dislike him.
(d) They are indifferent to him.

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

5. What does Maia steal from Zeus?
(a) A statue.
(b) His daughter.
(c) His crown.
(d) His Thunderbolts.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the opinion of the women of the court of Helen?

3. Who becomes the fool for the emperor in Scene 2 of Act I?

4. What instrument accompanies the garden girls in Scene 3 of Act I?

5. Which despicable and noxious creatures does Mephistopheles eventually find as the true embodiment of ugliness in Act II?

(see the answer key)

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