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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instrument accompanies the gardeners in Scene 3 of Act I?
(a) Violins.
(b) Mandolins.
(c) Harps.
(d) Theorbos.

2. What is the opinion of the men of court of Helen?
(a) They dislike her.
(b) They are indifferent to her.
(c) They can't see her.
(d) They find her very beautiful.

3. 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 is asleep.
(d) He has vanished with Paris and Helen.

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

5. What holiday is the court preparing to celebrate in Act I?
(a) Winter Solstice.
(b) Day of the Kings.
(c) Carnival.
(d) May Day.

6. What does Mephistopheles give Faust to help him on his journey to conjure Helen and Paris?
(a) A magical key.
(b) A map of the underworld.
(c) A dark cloak.
(d) A password.

7. What must Faust descend through to read the location given by the prophetess in Act II?
(a) The Temple of Demetrius.
(b) The Garden of Eden.
(c) The home of Hades.
(d) The Temple of Apollo.

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

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

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

11. Who gives the prologue to Scene 3 in Act II?
(a) The homonculus.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Erichto.
(d) Faust.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the daughter of Nereus, who is expected to return to the sea in Act II?

2. Who sings a song of rejuvenation to Faust?

3. What does Faust distribute to the crowd in Scene 3 of Act I?

4. What event prompts Anaxagoras to believe he won the philosophical debate in Scene 3 of Act II?

5. Why is Wagner successful in creating the homunculus in Scene II of Act II?

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