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

2. How has Mephistopheles paid people in the empire in Act I?
(a) Through paper notes signed by the emperor.
(b) He has not paid anyone in the empire.
(c) He paid them with jewels from the emperor's treasure chamber.
(d) With gold he found buried in the kingdom.

3. What is the opinion of the women of the court of Paris?
(a) They find him beautiful.
(b) They dislike him.
(c) They are jealous of him.
(d) They are indifferent to him.

4. What is the eldest of the fates?
(a) Clotho.
(b) Atropos.
(c) Alecto.
(d) Lachesis.

5. Who was an earlier student of Faust that now works as his assistant?
(a) Chiron.
(b) Wagner.
(c) Erichto.
(d) Famulus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mephistopheles cure the blonde woman of in Scene 6 of Act I?

2. What does Faust distribute to the crowd in Scene 3 of Act I?

3. What is the job of Nereus?

4. Who sings a song of rejuvenation to Faust?

5. Which famous figure did Chiron tutor?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the homunculus say that Faust is dreaming of in Scene 2 of Act II?

3. What does the Boy-charioteer typify?

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

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 Thales believe is the origin and basis of nature and matter?

7. Why is Faust seeking Helen in Act II?

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

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

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

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