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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Galatea.
(b) Gaius.
(c) Proteus.
(d) Phoenix.

2. What does Mephistopheles introduce himself as to the Sphinxes and sirens?
(a) The Lost Seeker.
(b) Jupiter.
(c) The Old Iniquity.
(d) The Ultimate Riddle.

3. According to the astrologer in Scene 2, what is the fairest star?
(a) Saturn.
(b) Venus.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) Mars.

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

5. 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 barely notices his surroundings.
(d) He finds the area just the way he remembers it, unchanging.

6. What happens when the emperor attempts to examine the treasure chest Faust has brought him in Scene 3 of Act I?
(a) He goes momentarily blind.
(b) His beard catches fire.
(c) He falls asleep.
(d) He is attacked by a group of beggars.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. What reason does the homunculus tell Mephistopheles, to encourage him to take Faust to the classical Walpurgis Night?
(a) He does not give a reason, but simply demands they go.
(b) The homunculus believes it will be amusing.
(c) It is the only way for Mephistopheles to understand Faust.
(d) Otherwise Faust will die.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting of Scene 4 in Act I?

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

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

4. Which despicable and noxious creatures does Mephistopheles eventually find as the true embodiment of ugliness in Act II?

5. Who is the god of wealth that Faust dresses as in Scene 3 of Act I?

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