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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 Wagner believe the sound of the bell accompanying Mephistopheles in Act II signals?
(a) A warning of an approaching evil.
(b) The birth of an idea.
(c) The end of the day.
(d) Good things to come.

2. What does the emperor give to the Arch-Marshal in Scene 3 of Act IV?
(a) A new horse.
(b) A bride.
(c) A new castle.
(d) A sword.

3. Who is not one of the aides to Faust in Act IV?
(a) Patrean.
(b) Havequick.
(c) Bully.
(d) Holdfast.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does the marshal bring the emperor in the beginning of Scene 4 of Act I?

2. Which is not a name of the graces mentioned in Scene 3 of Act I?

3. What holiday is the court preparing to celebrate in Act I?

4. What item does Speed-Booty first want to plunder from the emperor in Scene 3 of Act IV?

5. What is the opinion of the women of the court of Paris?

(see the answer key)

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