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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives the prologue to Scene 3 in Act II?

2. What token does Mephistopheles give Lady to help her regain the affection of her lover in Scene 6 of Act I?

3. What is the opinion of the women of the court of Paris?

4. Which despicable and noxious creatures does Mephistopheles eventually find as the true embodiment of ugliness in Act II?

5. What happens when the emperor attempts to examine the treasure chest Faust has brought him in Scene 3 of Act I?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Chancellor say about the judge "who cannot punish crime" in Scene 2?

2. How does Mephistopheles become the new fool to the emperor?

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

4. What dichotomy is alluded to between the court of the emperor and the people of the kingdom in Scene 2?

5. Describe Famulus's attitude towards learning and academic achievement.

6. What are the Mothers that Faust visits in Scene 5?

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

8. What does the Boy-charioteer typify?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Selecting at least two formal elements of the novel, write an essay about how Goethe employs literary devices to enhance the moral of Faust Part II. Make sure and use specific textual examples to illustrate how these devices function.

Essay Topic 2

A recurrent theme in Faust is that of power, and how characters desire or gain power. Compare and contrast the pursuit of power as exhibited by two different characters and how it either shifts throughout the novel or remains the same.

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the novel Faust's views of his purpose and striving change drastically; however, Mephistopheles views of his purpose remain somewhat the same. Discuss the dichotomy of how these view differ and how they reflect upon the character that holds them.

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