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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. Who is the god of wealth that Faust dresses as in Scene 3 of Act I?
(a) Faust.
(b) Plutus.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Alecto.
2. What news does the marshal bring the emperor in the beginning of Scene 4 of Act I?
(a) He tells the emperor that the people are rioting.
(b) He tells the emperor that all of his debts have been paid in full.
(c) He tells the emperor a civil war has broken out.
(d) He tells the emperor that the people have built a statue for him.
3. What two "orders" support the throne, according to the Chancellor in Scene 2 of Act I?
(a) The clergy and the knights.
(b) The soldiers and the clergy.
(c) The common people and the clergy.
(d) The advisors and the soldiers.
4. What science is Wagner practicing in the laboratory when Mephistopheles comes upon him in Scene 2 of Act II?
(a) Chemistry.
(b) Botany.
(c) Molecular Biology.
(d) Alchemy.
5. What holiday is the court preparing to celebrate in Act I?
(a) Carnival.
(b) Day of the Kings.
(c) May Day.
(d) Winter Solstice.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Faust's dream, who is the father of Helen?
2. Who has replaced Faust in his position at the University in Act II?
3. Which is not a name of the graces mentioned in Scene 3 of Act I?
4. Who sings a song of rejuvenation to Faust?
5. Which group of people does Baccalaureus feel should be shot?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the pleasing landscape that Faust finds himself in at the beginning of this work (Act I).
2. When Mephistopheles pays off the debts of the emperor with notes what is the response of the court?
3. Explain the circumstances at the end of Scene 7 of Act I, that lead to Faust being found unconscious on the floor.
4. What dichotomy is alluded to between the court of the emperor and the people of the kingdom in Scene 2?
5. Why is Mephistopheles upset that Faust tells the emperor he can conjure the spirits of Helen and Paris?
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. What does the Chancellor say about the judge "who cannot punish crime" in Scene 2?
8. Why is Faust seeking Helen in Act II?
9. Why does the homunculus take on the form of water at the end of Act II?
10. What does the Boy-charioteer typify?
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