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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Care curse Faust with?
(a) Disease.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Blindness.

2. What does Faust distribute to the crowd in Scene 3 of Act I?
(a) Beautiful jewelry that is bewitched to change colors.
(b) Magical money that transforms when it is touched.
(c) Anvils and hammers to do work.
(d) Food and wine.

3. Who comments on the workings and power of love in Scene 7 of Act V?
(a) Fathers and Saints.
(b) A chorus of blessed boys.
(c) Angels.
(d) Faust.

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

5. What task does Mephistopheles give to his followers in Scene 5 of Act V?
(a) Digging a grave.
(b) Cleaning the palace.
(c) Building a wall.
(d) Unloading treasure from a ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose journey does the blessed boy's resemble?

2. Who becomes the fool for the emperor in Scene 2 of Act I?

3. Who does the traveler seek in the beginning of Act V?

4. Why is Wagner successful in creating the homunculus in Scene II of Act II?

5. According to Mephistopheles, what must one possess to receive miracles?

(see the answer key)

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