View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What ancient mythological figure does the Astrologer compare Faust with in Scene 7 of Act I?
(a) Hades.
(b) Atlas.
(c) Hercules.
(d) Prometheus.

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

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

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

6. Which figure guides the living Colossus in Scene 3 of Act I?
(a) Prudence.
(b) Hope.
(c) Fear.
(d) Faust.

7. What is the setting of Scene 4 in Act I?
(a) The pleasure gardens of the imperial court.
(b) The city center and site of the Carnvial celebration.
(c) The cathedral.
(d) The countryside.

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

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

10. 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 lunar eclipse that takes place.
(c) The appearance of volcano.
(d) The arrival of a flock of birds.

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

12. What form does the homunculus decide to take at the end of Act II?
(a) Fire.
(b) Earth.
(c) Water.
(d) He decides to not take a form, but remain shapeless.

13. What does Wagner believe the sound of the bell accompanying Mephistopheles in Act II signals?
(a) A warning of an approaching evil.
(b) The end of the day.
(c) Good things to come.
(d) The birth of an idea.

14. Who is the god of wealth that Faust dresses as in Scene 3 of Act I?
(a) Alecto.
(b) Faust.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Plutus.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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. What is the setting of Scene 3 in Act II?

5. What must Faust descend through to read the location given by the prophetess in Act II?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 498 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample