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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. Which group of people does Baccalaureus feel should be shot?

2. Who becomes the fool for the emperor in Scene 2 of Act I?

3. In what setting does Faust seek sleep in Act I?

4. According to Faust's dream, who is the mother of Helen?

5. Who must Faust go to, in order to conjure Helen and Paris?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What advice does Mephistopheles give to the young page who is having trouble attracting women in Act I?

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

5. What does the Boy-charioteer typify?

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

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

8. What is the subject of the prologue of Scene 3 by the Thessalonian witch, Erichto?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Faust, Part II Mephistopheles serves as an archetypal Devil character. Using specific example from the text identify how Goethe connotes the Devil archetype. Is it an effective connotation. Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Throughout Faust Part II, Goethe employs differing use of meter and rhyme structure as formal elements of the novel. Identify at least two separate meters and rhyme structures used and discuss why Goethe shifted from one to the other in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Describe how the Christian conception of good and evil is contrasted with the conception of good and evil as held by the Greeks in the novel. Use specific textual examples to illustrate the different stances and beliefs of these two paradigms.

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