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

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

3. What is Mephistopheles' final action in Act III?

4. What is the chorus doing at the beginning of Scene 3 in Act III?

5. Why is the necromant of Sabine Norcia indebted to the emperor?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Faust mean when he uses the term "modern" in regards to the palace offered by Mephistopheles in Act IV?

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

5. What does Faust bid his son to beware of in Act II?

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

7. Why is Faust's castle so alien to Helen?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Faust a lot of focus is given to the issues of good versus evil and beautiful versus ugly. Using specific characters and situations discuss how Goethe highlights this dichotomy and specifically how the idea of beautiful versus ugly relates to good versus evil.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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