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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 Faust's lookout?

2. Which God, does Mephistopheles tell the creation myth of to the chorus in Act III?

3. At the end of Act IV, what is the outlook of the emperor in regards to his kingdom?

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

5. What power does Mephistopheles first offer Faust in Scene 1 of Act IV?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Faust claim as his true desire to Mephistopheles in Scene 1 of 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 does Faust bid his son to beware of in Act II?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What are the fears of the emperor at the conclusion of Act IV?

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

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

Selecting at least two formal elements of the novel, write an essay about how Goethe employs literary devices to enhance the moral of Faust Part II. Make sure and use specific textual examples to illustrate how these devices function.

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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