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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 remains of Euphorion after his fall?

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

3. What does Mephistopheles conjure in the battle to help the emperor in Act IV?

4. What is the name of Faust's lookout?

5. What does the chorus cry as Euphorion falls?

Short Essay Questions

1. What action does the emperor take towards his aides and marshals in Scene 3 of Act IV?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe the landscape of Arcadia as in Act III?

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

10. How does the chorus describe Mephistopheles' appearance in Scene 1 of Act III?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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.

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