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

2. What does the landscape remind Mephistopheles of in Scene 1 of Act IV?
(a) Classical Greece.
(b) His home, hell.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Arcadia.

3. What realization does the archbishop make about the emperor's tactics in battle?
(a) That the emperor has used magic to win the battle.
(b) That the emperor used spies in the battle.
(c) That the emperor bribed opposing troops.
(d) He knows nothing about the emperor's tactics.

4. Why does Helen promptly return to the chorus after she leaves in Scene 1 of Act III?
(a) She has forgotten her shawl, which she needs to enter the temple.
(b) She is lonely and quickly seeks company from the chorus.
(c) A messenger brings her word to return.
(d) She is frightened of a creature in the palace.

5. According to Mephistopheles, what must one possess to receive miracles?
(a) Hope.
(b) Divine blessing.
(c) Good Luck.
(d) Faith.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the female vampires called who Mephistopheles meets in Act II?

2. What is promised to the blessed boys who died at birth in Scene 7 of Act V?

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

4. How does the chorus describe Menelaus in Scene 1 of Act III?

5. What does Maia steal from Ares?

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