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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 soldiers and the clergy.
(b) The advisors and the soldiers.
(c) The clergy and the knights.
(d) The common people and the clergy.

2. Who is the god of wealth that Faust dresses as in Scene 3 of Act I?
(a) Plutus.
(b) Faust.
(c) Alecto.
(d) Zeus.

3. Why is Wagner successful in creating the homunculus in Scene II of Act II?
(a) He uses a new procedure.
(b) He has several students assisting him.
(c) He is not successful in creating the homunculus.
(d) He is aided by Mephistopheles.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what setting does Faust seek sleep in Act I?

2. What happens when the emperor attempts to examine the treasure chest Faust has brought him in Scene 3 of Act I?

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

4. Who has replaced Faust in his position at the University in Act II?

5. Which famous figure did Chiron tutor?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Mephistopheles upset that Faust tells the emperor he can conjure the spirits of Helen and Paris?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is the primary focus and pursuit of the emperor?

10. What is symbolic about Faust's unconsciousness in the beginning of Act II?

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