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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 follows Mephistopheles and Helen as they flee at the end of Scene 1 in Act III?
(a) Several hopeful suitors for Helen.
(b) A group of phorkyads.
(c) Paris.
(d) A dark cloud.

2. What does the emperor give to the Arch-Marshal in Scene 3 of Act IV?
(a) A bride.
(b) A sword.
(c) A new horse.
(d) A new castle.

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

4. Who is Helen married to in Scene 1 of Act III?
(a) Hector.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) Faust.
(d) Paris.

5. What power does Mephistopheles first offer Faust in Scene 1 of Act IV?
(a) Power over all nations.
(b) Power over the ocean.
(c) All the riches of the land.
(d) A harem of women.

Short Answer Questions

1. Just as Faust begins to tell Mephistopheles his true desires in Scene 1 of Act IV, what does Mephistopheles do?

2. What remains of Euphorion after his fall?

3. When Mephistopheles asks Faust what he desires in Scene 1 of Act IV, how does Faust respond?

4. What is Helen afraid of in Scene 1 of Act III?

5. Who pardons Lynceus?

Short Essay Questions

1. Initially after the battle how does the emperor feel in Act IV?

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

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

4. What action does the emperor take towards his aides and marshals in Scene 3 of Act IV?

5. What plan is the current general describing to the emperor at the beginning of Scene 2 in Act IV?

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

7. How does Mephistopheles treat Helen's servants in Scene 1 of Act III?

8. How does the archbishop convince the emperor to give power to the church at the end of Act IV?

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

10. How are the heralds sent by the emperor to the rival emperor received in Scene 2 of Act IV?

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