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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of creature is Chiron?
(a) A demi-god.
(b) A centaur.
(c) A nymph.
(d) A faun.

2. What is the name of the daughter of Nereus, who is expected to return to the sea in Act II?
(a) Galatea.
(b) Helen.
(c) Penelope.
(d) Thessalonia.

3. Who must Faust go to, in order to conjure Helen and Paris?
(a) The Graces.
(b) Mephistopheles.
(c) The Mothers.
(d) The Fates.

4. What instrument accompanies the garden girls in Scene 3 of Act I?
(a) Harps.
(b) Mandolins.
(c) Lutes.
(d) Theorbos.

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

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

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

8. What is the opinion of the women of the court of Paris?
(a) They find him beautiful.
(b) They dislike him.
(c) They are jealous of him.
(d) They are indifferent to him.

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

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

11. 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 Thales.
(c) Socrates and Plato.
(d) Anaxagoras and Xenophanes.

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

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

14. What does Mephistopheles cure the blonde woman of in Scene 6 of Act I?
(a) Insomnia.
(b) Freckles.
(c) Lice.
(d) Depression.

15. Why is Faust desirous to leave the group when the first arrive at Walpurgis Night in Act II?
(a) He is obsessed with finding Helen.
(b) The homunculus suggests that he goes off on his own.
(c) He wants to seek out Achilles.
(d) He is upset at Mephistopholes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells the emperor they are out of wine in Scene 2 of Act I?

2. Where does the prophetess instruct Faust to look for Helen in Act iI?

3. According to Faust's dream, who is the mother of Helen?

4. What holiday is the court preparing to celebrate in Act I?

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

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