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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which famous figure did Chiron tutor?
(a) Hercules.
(b) Prometheus.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Pythagoris.

2. What is the job of Nereus?
(a) His job is not given in the novel.
(b) He is the protector of ships.
(c) He is the servant of Neptune.
(d) He is the guardian of the sea.

3. What are the names of the two philosophers that the homunculus comes upon in Scene 3 of Act II?
(a) Socrates and Plato.
(b) Anaxagoras and Thales.
(c) Heraclitus and Thales.
(d) Anaxagoras and Xenophanes.

4. What does the chorus ask Mephistopheles at the beginning of Scene 3 in Act III?
(a) They ask where they are.
(b) They ask what they should give Faust as a token of appreciation.
(c) They ask what has happened in their splendor.
(d) They ask his identity.

5. What help does Faust claim that the necromant is willing to offer the emperor?
(a) Magic.
(b) Additional troops.
(c) Supplies.
(d) Advanced weaponry technology.

Short Answer Questions

1. What realization does the archbishop make about the emperor's tactics in battle?

2. Which God, does Mephistopheles tell the creation myth of to the chorus in Act III?

3. What does the landscape remind Mephistopheles of in Scene 1 of Act IV?

4. Who is the god of wealth that Faust dresses as in Scene 3 of Act I?

5. Who responds to Mephistopheles ringing the bell in Act II?

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