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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Phoebe's wheels symbolize in Act I, Scene 1?
(a) A thunder storm.
(b) The setting sun.
(c) The approach of dawn.
(d) The rising moon.

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

3. What ailment of the Brunette does Mephistopheles cure in Scene 6 of Act I?
(a) A frozen foot.
(b) A headache.
(c) A cramped hand.
(d) A sick stomach.

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

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

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

7. What is the job of Nereus?
(a) He is the servant of Neptune.
(b) His job is not given in the novel.
(c) He is the protector of ships.
(d) He is the guardian of the sea.

8. What event prompts Anaxagoras to believe he won the philosophical debate in Scene 3 of Act II?
(a) The fall of a meteor, which disrupts the landscape.
(b) The appearance of volcano.
(c) The arrival of a flock of birds.
(d) The lunar eclipse that takes place.

9. What news does the marshal bring the emperor in the beginning of Scene 4 of Act I?
(a) He tells the emperor that the people have built a statue for him.
(b) He tells the emperor that the people are rioting.
(c) He tells the emperor that all of his debts have been paid in full.
(d) He tells the emperor a civil war has broken out.

10. In what setting does Faust seek sleep in Act I?
(a) In a quiet cottage.
(b) At the imperial court.
(c) A pleasing landscape.
(d) At home in his study.

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

12. What is the setting in the beginning of Act II?
(a) Ancient Greece.
(b) A pleasing countryside.
(c) The imperial court.
(d) Faust's study.

13. 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 flower.
(c) A feather.
(d) A stone.

14. Which is not a name of the graces mentioned in Scene 3 of Act I?
(a) Lachesis.
(b) Euphrosyne.
(c) Hegemony.
(d) Aglaia.

15. What is the state of Faust at the end of Act I?
(a) He is unconscious.
(b) He is content and happily visiting with Mephistopheles.
(c) He has vanished with Paris and Helen.
(d) He is asleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. How has Mephistopheles paid people in the empire in Act I?

2. Who does the Emperor ask to see in the beginning of Scene 2 of Act I?

3. What is the name of the prophetess that Chiron takes Faust to in Act II?

4. Who has replaced Faust in his position at the University in Act II?

5. Which figure guides the living Colossus in Scene 3 of Act I?

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