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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. According to Faust's dream, who is the mother of Helen?
(a) Persephone.
(b) Hera.
(c) Leda.
(d) Athena.

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

9. Who was an earlier student of Faust that now works as his assistant?
(a) Famulus.
(b) Erichto.
(c) Wagner.
(d) Chiron.

10. Who has replaced Faust in his position at the University in Act II?
(a) Wagner.
(b) Mephistopheles.
(c) Famulus.
(d) The position has not been filled.

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 have Paris lead his army.
(c) He hopes to woo Helen.
(d) Mephistopheles suggested it to him.

12. Who is specifically told to remain behind in his study rather than travel with the homunculus to Walpurgis Night?
(a) Wagner.
(b) Mephistopheles.
(c) Famulus.
(d) Baccalaureus.

13. How does the homunculus appear in the beginning of Scene 3 of Act II?
(a) As a light in a bottle.
(b) As the reflection on a mirror.
(c) As water.
(d) As a slightly darkened cloud.

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

15. What is the setting of Scene 3 in Act II?
(a) The temple of Athena.
(b) The plains of Pharsalus.
(c) The setting is not given.
(d) The main square of Athens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Faust desirous to leave the group when the first arrive at Walpurgis Night in Act II?

2. What is the setting of Scene 7 in Act I?

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

4. What does Mephistopheles give Faust to help him on his journey to conjure Helen and Paris?

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

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