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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. When Faust awakens in Act I, what are his impressions of his surroundings?

2. What is the state of Faust at the end of Act I?

3. What is the eldest of the fates?

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

5. What instrument accompanies the gardeners in Scene 3 of Act I?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the homunculus say that Faust is dreaming of in Scene 2 of Act II?

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

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

6. What does the Boy-charioteer typify?

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

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

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

10. Why does Mephistopheles have a hard time fitting in on ancient classical soil?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Faust Part II, Faust passes through the world of politics and the world of the classical gods, meeting with success in taming the very forces of war and nature and yet he is still unsatisfied, what commentary is Goethe making about human nature with these theme? Use specific textual examples to establish any moral Goethe may be setting forth.

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

One of the strongest literary tools employed by Goethe in Faust is the use of foreshadowing. Give examples of where Goethe has employed foreshadowing and discuss in detail how this use of foreshadowing furthered the plot, developed character, or strengthened a theme.

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