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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. What is the setting of Scene 3 in Act IV?

2. In Act IV, what do the clouds eventually transform into in Scene 1?

3. Why does Helen promptly return to the chorus after she leaves in Scene 1 of Act III?

4. What does Menelaus order Helen to do before he left her in Scene 1 of Act III?

5. How does Faust account for the formation of mountains and valleys in Act IV?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the chorus feel in regards to Arcadia in Act III?

2. In Act III, what are some of Helen's doubts an fears about Menelaus's intentions?

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

4. What prompts Euphorion to climb to great heights and fly?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is the attitude of the chorus towards Faust in Scene 2 of Act III?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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