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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wagner believe the sound of the bell accompanying Mephistopheles in Act II signals?
(a) The birth of an idea.
(b) The end of the day.
(c) Good things to come.
(d) A warning of an approaching evil.

2. What does Menelaus order Helen to do before he left her in Scene 1 of Act III?
(a) Take a vow of silence.
(b) Prepare a feast for his return.
(c) Prepare a sacrifical hearth.
(d) Bathe and robe herself.

3. What is the name of the shape-shifting god of forms, who homunculus is advised to seek out in the end of Scene 3 in Act II?
(a) Proteus.
(b) Gaius.
(c) Galatea.
(d) Phoenix.

4. Why is Faust desirous to leave the group when the first arrive at Walpurgis Night in Act II?
(a) The homunculus suggests that he goes off on his own.
(b) He is obsessed with finding Helen.
(c) He wants to seek out Achilles.
(d) He is upset at Mephistopholes.

5. Why does Helen promptly return to the chorus after she leaves in Scene 1 of Act III?
(a) She is lonely and quickly seeks company from the chorus.
(b) A messenger brings her word to return.
(c) She is frightened of a creature in the palace.
(d) She has forgotten her shawl, which she needs to enter the temple.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the eldest of the fates?

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

3. Which famous figure did Chiron tutor?

4. What does Faust embrace as he is lifted into the sky at the end of Act III?

5. What science is Wagner practicing in the laboratory when Mephistopheles comes upon him in Scene 2 of Act II?

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