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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. In the beginning of Act IV, what form do the clouds take on first?

2. Who is not a member of Faust's entourage that is mentioned in Scene 2 of Act III?

3. Who tells Faust and Helen that Menelaus has arrived with his armies?

4. Where does Faust land at the beginning of Act IV?

5. What does the emperor give the Arch-Chamberlain in Scene 3 of Act IV?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Faust discuss with his commanders when he learns that Menelaus is coming to regain Helen in Act III?

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

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

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

7. For what reasons has the emperor's kingdom begun to collapse in Act IV?

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

9. What does Faust mean when he uses the term "modern" in regards to the palace offered by Mephistopheles in 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

Throughout Faust, Goethe uses imagery as a metaphor for the plot and character development. Give three specific examples of these metaphors and how they relate specific actions in the plot and/or character development. Discuss why or why not they are effective as literary tools augmenting the general action.

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

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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