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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Phoebe's wheels symbolize in Act I, Scene 1?
(a) The rising moon.
(b) The approach of dawn.
(c) The setting sun.
(d) A thunder storm.

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

3. Where does Mephistopheles place Faust at the beginning of Act II?
(a) Behind a curtain.
(b) Under the desk.
(c) Outside under a tree.
(d) In his scholarly robes on his bed.

4. How has Mephistopheles paid people in the empire in Act I?
(a) Through paper notes signed by the emperor.
(b) He has not paid anyone in the empire.
(c) He paid them with jewels from the emperor's treasure chamber.
(d) With gold he found buried in the kingdom.

5. What form does the homunculus decide to take at the end of Act II?
(a) Water.
(b) He decides to not take a form, but remain shapeless.
(c) Fire.
(d) Earth.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mephistopheles asks Faust what he desires in Scene 1 of Act IV, how does Faust respond?

2. What does Maia steal from Zeus?

3. Who is not one of the aides to Faust in Act IV?

4. What event prompts Anaxagoras to believe he won the philosophical debate in Scene 3 of Act II?

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

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