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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 name of the son of Helen and Faust?

2. Who supposed to seal the royal documents in Scene 3 of Act IV?

3. Where have Faust and Helen been staying in Scene 3 of Act III?

4. What does the archbishop want the emperor to build on the land near the battlefield?

5. Who pardons Lynceus?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How are the heralds sent by the emperor to the rival emperor received in Scene 2 of Act IV?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Helen leave Faust at the end of Act III?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the importance of setting within Faust. Make sure to discuss at least three different settings and how the descriptions of those settings are integral in the development of themes and characters.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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