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

2. Who tells the emperor they are out of wine in Scene 2 of Act I?
(a) The Steward.
(b) The Field Marshal.
(c) The Chancellor.
(d) Mephistopheles.

3. According to Faust's dream, who is the father of Helen?
(a) Hercules.
(b) Jupiter.
(c) Hades.
(d) Jason.

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

5. What instrument accompanies the gardeners in Scene 3 of Act I?
(a) Violins.
(b) Theorbos.
(c) Mandolins.
(d) Harps.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mephistopheles introduce himself as to the Sphinxes and sirens?

2. According to the astrologer in Scene 2, what is the fairest star?

3. Which figure guides the living Colossus in Scene 3 of Act I?

4. What news does the marshal bring the emperor in the beginning of Scene 4 of Act I?

5. Why does Faust try to dispel Paris in Scene 7 of Act I?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe the pleasing landscape that Faust finds himself in at the beginning of this work (Act I).

7. What does the Boy-charioteer typify?

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

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

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

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