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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Faust try to dispel Paris in Scene 7 of Act I?
(a) He is bored with Paris.
(b) He's trying to protect Paris from the men at court.
(c) He wants Helen for himself.
(d) Mephistopheles instructs him to.

3. Who does Mephistopheles disguise himself as in Act III?
(a) Wagner.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) Faust.
(d) A phorkyad.

4. What does Menelaus order Helen to do before he left her in Scene 1 of Act III?
(a) Bathe and robe herself.
(b) Prepare a sacrifical hearth.
(c) Prepare a feast for his return.
(d) Take a vow of silence.

5. What news does the marshal bring the emperor in the beginning of Scene 4 of Act I?
(a) He tells the emperor that the people are rioting.
(b) He tells the emperor that all of his debts have been paid in full.
(c) He tells the emperor that the people have built a statue for him.
(d) He tells the emperor a civil war has broken out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time does Scene 4 of Act V take place at?

2. Who supposed to seal the royal documents in Scene 3 of Act IV?

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

4. Where does Faust and Helen flee to at the end of Scene 2 in Act III?

5. What is the name of the shape-shifting god of forms, who homunculus is advised to seek out in the end of Scene 3 in Act II?

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