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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which mythical group suggests that Faust seek out Chiron?
(a) The sirens.
(b) The fates.
(c) The sphinxes.
(d) The ogres.

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

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

4. How does the group travel with the homunculus to Walpurgis Night in Scene 2 of Act II?
(a) They travel through time and space to classical Greece.
(b) They physcially walk to Walpurgis Night.
(c) They appeal to the Mothers to make their journey.
(d) They all take sleeping draughts and travel in their dreams together.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. What are the names of the two philosophers that the homunculus comes upon in Scene 3 of Act II?
(a) Anaxagoras and Thales.
(b) Anaxagoras and Xenophanes.
(c) Heraclitus and Thales.
(d) Socrates and Plato.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Faust try to dispel Paris in Scene 7 of Act I?

2. What science is Wagner practicing in the laboratory when Mephistopheles comes upon him in Scene 2 of Act II?

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

4. What reason does the homunculus tell Mephistopheles, to encourage him to take Faust to the classical Walpurgis Night?

5. What token does Mephistopheles give Lady to help her regain the affection of her lover in Scene 6 of Act I?

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