Faust. Part Two Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Faust. Part Two Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Faust's dream, who is the mother of Helen?
(a) Leda.
(b) Hera.
(c) Athena.
(d) Persephone.

2. How has Mephistopheles paid people in the empire in Act I?
(a) He paid them with jewels from the emperor's treasure chamber.
(b) With gold he found buried in the kingdom.
(c) He has not paid anyone in the empire.
(d) Through paper notes signed by the emperor.

3. What science is Wagner practicing in the laboratory when Mephistopheles comes upon him in Scene 2 of Act II?
(a) Molecular Biology.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) Botany.
(d) Alchemy.

4. According to the astrologer in Scene 2, what is the fairest star?
(a) Jupiter.
(b) Saturn.
(c) Venus.
(d) Mars.

5. Where does Faust meet Mephistopheles in Scene 5 of Act I?
(a) A dark corridor in the palace.
(b) In a meadow.
(c) By the fountains in the gardens of the emperor.
(d) In the busy grand dining hall.

6. Who tells the emperor they are out of wine in Scene 2 of Act I?
(a) The Chancellor.
(b) The Field Marshal.
(c) Mephistopheles.
(d) The Steward.

7. What shape does Proteus take to transport the homunculus into the ocean on his back?
(a) A whale.
(b) A dolphin.
(c) A sea horse.
(d) A bird.

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

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

10. When Faust awakens in Act I, what are his impressions of his surroundings?
(a) He barely notices his surroundings.
(b) He finds the landscape to be paradise.
(c) He finds the area just the way he remembers it, unchanging.
(d) He finds everything dark and dreary.

11. Where does the prophetess instruct Faust to look for Helen in Act iI?
(a) The Agean Sea.
(b) The underworld.
(c) The river Thebes.
(d) Mount Olympus.

12. Which group of people does Baccalaureus feel should be shot?
(a) All professors.
(b) Men over thirty.
(c) Inexperienced youth.
(d) Single females.

13. Why is Wagner successful in creating the homunculus in Scene II of Act II?
(a) He has several students assisting him.
(b) He uses a new procedure.
(c) He is not successful in creating the homunculus.
(d) He is aided by Mephistopheles.

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

15. What is the setting of Scene 3 in Act II?
(a) The main square of Athens.
(b) The setting is not given.
(c) The temple of Athena.
(d) The plains of Pharsalus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What token does Mephistopheles give Lady to help her regain the affection of her lover in Scene 6 of Act I?

2. What is the opinion of the women of the court of Paris?

3. 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?

4. Why does Faust try to dispel Paris in Scene 7 of Act I?

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

(see the answer keys)

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