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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Helen ask Faust to teach her in Scene 2 of Act III?
(a) To play a lute.
(b) To sing.
(c) To dance.
(d) To speak in rhyme.

2. What is the chorus doing at the beginning of Scene 3 in Act III?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Eating.

3. What is the setting of Scene 3 in Act IV?
(a) The castle.
(b) The mountainside.
(c) The emperor's tent.
(d) The battlefield.

4. What does Mephistopheles conjure in the battle to help the emperor in Act IV?
(a) A hurricane.
(b) Sea Monsters and St. Elmo's fire.
(c) A group of fighting centaurs.
(d) Tornadoes.

5. Who is not one of the aides to Faust in Act IV?
(a) Holdfast.
(b) Havequick.
(c) Patrean.
(d) Bully.

6. What help does Faust claim that the necromant is willing to offer the emperor?
(a) Magic.
(b) Supplies.
(c) Additional troops.
(d) Advanced weaponry technology.

7. When Mephistopheles asks Faust what he desires in Scene 1 of Act IV, how does Faust respond?
(a) Faust refuses to respond to Mephistopheles's question.
(b) Faust tells Mephistopheles to guess his desires.
(c) Faust claims he does not desire anything.
(d) Faust tells Mephistopheles he desires earthly powers.

8. What country is the setting of Scene 1 in Act III?
(a) Sparta.
(b) The country is not given.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Germany.

9. What does Maia steal from Ares?
(a) His sword.
(b) His armor.
(c) His crown.
(d) His bow.

10. Where have Faust and Helen been staying in Scene 3 of Act III?
(a) Some caves.
(b) In an elaborate palace.
(c) On a ship belonging to Paris.
(d) In a cottage by the sea.

11. What remains of Euphorion after his fall?
(a) His clothing.
(b) A painting of his face.
(c) His money.
(d) A small ring of flowers.

12. What does Maia steal from Zeus?
(a) A statue.
(b) His Thunderbolts.
(c) His daughter.
(d) His crown.

13. Who does Mephistopheles disguise himself as in Act III?
(a) Faust.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) A phorkyad.
(d) Wagner.

14. What is the name of the leader of the chorus?
(a) Lynceus.
(b) Icarus.
(c) Euphorion.
(d) Penthalis.

15. What does Mephistopheles tell Helen that frightens her in Scene 1 of Act III?
(a) That she will quicly grow old and ugly.
(b) The he is going to eat her.
(c) That her husband intends to sacrifice her.
(d) That the servants are planning on killing her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event do Faust and Mephistopheles see taking place at the end of Scene 1 of Act IV?

2. Who first discovers Speed-booty and Havequick trying to plunder the emperor's things?

3. What realization does the archbishop make about the emperor's tactics in battle?

4. Who is the ruler of the hiding place that Mephistopheles suggests to Helen?

5. What does the chorus cry as Euphorion falls?

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