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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 authority does the archbishop demand from the emperor in Scene 3 of Act IV?
(a) The power to grant asylum to refuges.
(b) The power to knight soldiers.
(c) The power to collect taxes on his territory.
(d) The power to release prisoners of war.

2. Where does Mephistopheles suggest that Helen should hide at the end of Scene 1 of Act III?
(a) The underworld.
(b) In the temple of Zeus.
(c) Troy.
(d) A castle in the North.

3. As the chorus insults Mephistopheles in Act III, what is their intention?
(a) They hope to learn his name.
(b) They hope to scare him away.
(c) They hope he will lose his temper.
(d) They hope to make him laugh.

4. What does Maia steal from Zeus?
(a) His Thunderbolts.
(b) His crown.
(c) His daughter.
(d) A statue.

5. Who is not one of the aides to Faust in Act IV?
(a) Bully.
(b) Havequick.
(c) Holdfast.
(d) Patrean.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the chorus describe Menelaus in Scene 1 of Act III?

2. How does the emperor respond when he sees Faust in Scene 2 of Act IV?

3. When Faust decides to help the emperor, what does Mephistopheles turn him into?

4. What does the chorus cry as Euphorion falls?

5. What does the archbishop want the emperor to build on the land near the battlefield?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the chorus transform into at the end of Act III?

2. Describe the setting of Scene 3 of Act IV.

3. Why is Faust's castle so alien to Helen?

4. How was Faust transported in the beginning of Act IV?

5. What does Faust mean when he uses the term "modern" in regards to the palace offered by Mephistopheles in Act IV?

6. What does Faust bid his son to beware of in Act II?

7. What are the fears of the emperor at the conclusion of Act IV?

8. For what reasons has the emperor's kingdom begun to collapse in Act IV?

9. What does Faust claim as his true desire to Mephistopheles in Scene 1 of Act IV?

10. Describe the landscape of Arcadia as in Act III?

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