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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which despicable and noxious creatures does Mephistopheles eventually find as the true embodiment of ugliness in Act II?
(a) Cabiri.
(b) Pigmies.
(c) Phorkyads.
(d) Giants.

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

4. Who is the queen of the dead as featured in Act II?
(a) Persephone.
(b) Hera.
(c) Helen.
(d) Venus.

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

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

7. Which famous figure did Chiron tutor?
(a) Hercules.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Prometheus.
(d) Pythagoris.

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

9. Who becomes the fool for the emperor in Scene 2 of Act I?
(a) Ariel.
(b) The chancellor.
(c) Faust.
(d) Mephistopheles.

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

11. Why has the emperor requested Faust to conjure Helen and Paris?
(a) He seeks amusement and wants to see their beauty.
(b) He hopes to woo Helen.
(c) He hopes to have Paris lead his army.
(d) Mephistopheles suggested it to him.

12. Who responds to Mephistopheles ringing the bell in Act II?
(a) Faust.
(b) Baccalaureus.
(c) Famulus.
(d) Wagner.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the homunculus appear in the beginning of Scene 3 of Act II?

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

3. What type of creature is Chiron?

4. What instrument accompanies the garden girls in Scene 3 of Act I?

5. What is the opinion of the women of the court of Helen?

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