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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the opinion of the women of the court of Helen?
(a) They try to emulate her.
(b) They are jealous of her.
(c) They adore her.
(d) They are indifferent to her.

2. What is the setting of Scene 3 in Act II?
(a) The plains of Pharsalus.
(b) The temple of Athena.
(c) The main square of Athens.
(d) The setting is not given.

3. What is the eldest of the fates?
(a) Atropos.
(b) Lachesis.
(c) Alecto.
(d) Clotho.

4. Which figure guides the living Colossus in Scene 3 of Act I?
(a) Hope.
(b) Fear.
(c) Prudence.
(d) Faust.

5. 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) Gaius.
(b) Phoenix.
(c) Proteus.
(d) Galatea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Phoebe's wheels symbolize in Act I, Scene 1?

2. What news does the marshal bring the emperor in the beginning of Scene 4 of Act I?

3. Who responds to Mephistopheles ringing the bell in Act II?

4. How has Mephistopheles paid people in the empire in Act I?

5. Where does the prophetess instruct Faust to look for Helen in Act iI?

(see the answer key)

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