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

2. Where does Mephistopheles place Faust at the beginning of Act II?
(a) Under the desk.
(b) Behind a curtain.
(c) In his scholarly robes on his bed.
(d) Outside under a tree.

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the homunculus appear in the beginning of Scene 3 of Act II?

2. Which mythical group suggests that Faust seek out Chiron?

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

4. Why has the emperor requested Faust to conjure Helen and Paris?

5. Who becomes the fool for the emperor in Scene 2 of Act I?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a homunculus and how is it made?

2. What does the Boy-charioteer typify?

3. Describe the appearance of the emperor during his entrance to the Carnival Masquerade.

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

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

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

7. Describe Famulus's attitude towards learning and academic achievement.

8. What are the Mothers that Faust visits in Scene 5?

9. Why does the homunculus take on the form of water at the end of Act II?

10. What advice does Mephistopheles give to the young page who is having trouble attracting women in Act I?

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