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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the job of Nereus?
(a) He is the protector of ships.
(b) He is the guardian of the sea.
(c) He is the servant of Neptune.
(d) His job is not given in the novel.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Phoebe's wheels symbolize in Act I, Scene 1?

2. What ancient mythological figure does the Astrologer compare Faust with in Scene 7 of Act I?

3. What is the setting in the beginning of Act II?

4. Who is the first mind that is read by the homunculus?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In the philosophical debate featured in Scene 3 of Act II, what does Thales believe is the origin and basis of nature and matter?

2. When Mephistopheles pays off the debts of the emperor with notes what is the response of the court?

3. Why is Mephistopheles unable to see into Faust's dreams?

4. How does Mephistopheles become the new fool to the emperor?

5. What does the Boy-charioteer typify?

6. In the philosophical debate featured in Scene 3 of Act II, what does Anaxagoras believe is the origin and basis of nature and matter?

7. Why does Mephistopheles have a hard time fitting in on ancient classical soil?

8. What does the Chancellor say about the judge "who cannot punish crime" in Scene 2?

9. What is the subject of the prologue of Scene 3 by the Thessalonian witch, Erichto?

10. What dichotomy is alluded to between the court of the emperor and the people of the kingdom in Scene 2?

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