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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does the Emperor ask to see in the beginning of Scene 2 of Act I?
(a) The treasurer.
(b) The chancellor.
(c) His wiseman.
(d) The fool.

3. What instrument accompanies the gardeners in Scene 3 of Act I?
(a) Mandolins.
(b) Theorbos.
(c) Harps.
(d) Violins.

4. What is the opinion of the women of the court of Helen?
(a) They are jealous of her.
(b) They are indifferent to her.
(c) They adore her.
(d) They try to emulate her.

5. What does Mephistopheles introduce himself as to the Sphinxes and sirens?
(a) The Lost Seeker.
(b) The Old Iniquity.
(c) The Ultimate Riddle.
(d) Jupiter.

6. Who sings a song of rejuvenation to Faust?
(a) Fairies of the field.
(b) Ariel.
(c) Helen.
(d) The flowers.

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

8. What are the female vampires called who Mephistopheles meets in Act II?
(a) Seismos.
(b) Lamiae.
(c) Dactyles.
(d) Chelone.

9. What must Faust descend through to read the location given by the prophetess in Act II?
(a) The Garden of Eden.
(b) The Temple of Demetrius.
(c) The home of Hades.
(d) The Temple of Apollo.

10. 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?
(a) Proteus.
(b) Gaius.
(c) Galatea.
(d) Phoenix.

11. How does the homunculus appear in the beginning of Scene 3 of Act II?
(a) As a light in a bottle.
(b) As water.
(c) As a slightly darkened cloud.
(d) As the reflection on a mirror.

12. What happens when the emperor attempts to examine the treasure chest Faust has brought him in Scene 3 of Act I?
(a) He is attacked by a group of beggars.
(b) He goes momentarily blind.
(c) His beard catches fire.
(d) He falls asleep.

13. What token does Mephistopheles give Lady to help her regain the affection of her lover in Scene 6 of Act I?
(a) A flower.
(b) A feather.
(c) A stone.
(d) A coal.

14. What two "orders" support the throne, according to the Chancellor in Scene 2 of Act I?
(a) The common people and the clergy.
(b) The clergy and the knights.
(c) The soldiers and the clergy.
(d) The advisors and the soldiers.

15. Who is the first mind that is read by the homunculus?
(a) Faust.
(b) Mephistopheles.
(c) Famulus.
(d) Wagner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has the emperor requested Faust to conjure Helen and Paris?

2. What type of creature is Chiron?

3. Who gives the prologue to Scene 3 in Act II?

4. According to the astrologer in Scene 2, what is the fairest star?

5. Which mythical group suggests that Faust seek out Chiron?

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