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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4.

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) Cabiri.
(d) Pigmies.

2. What instrument accompanies the garden girls in Scene 3 of Act I?
(a) Theorbos.
(b) Harps.
(c) Mandolins.
(d) Lutes.

3. As the chorus insults Mephistopheles in Act III, what is their intention?
(a) They hope to learn his name.
(b) They hope he will lose his temper.
(c) They hope to make him laugh.
(d) They hope to scare him away.

4. Where does Faust and Helen flee to at the end of Scene 2 in Act III?
(a) Arcadia.
(b) Troy.
(c) Their place of refuge is not named.
(d) Germany.

5. According to Faust's dream, who is the mother of Helen?
(a) Leda.
(b) Hera.
(c) Persephone.
(d) Athena.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Helen go after the chorus tries to assuage her fears in Scene 1 of Act III?

3. Who does Faust claim sent him to the emperor?

4. How has Mephistopheles paid people in the empire in Act I?

5. How does the chorus describe Menelaus in Scene 1 of Act III?

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