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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Mephistopheles tell Helen that frightens her in Scene 1 of Act III?
(a) That the servants are planning on killing her.
(b) That her husband intends to sacrifice her.
(c) That she will quicly grow old and ugly.
(d) The he is going to eat her.

3. Why is Wagner successful in creating the homunculus in Scene II of Act II?
(a) He is aided by Mephistopheles.
(b) He is not successful in creating the homunculus.
(c) He has several students assisting him.
(d) He uses a new procedure.

4. What does the traveler ask about during his first meal at the cottage in Act V?
(a) He asks about the new land and empire of Faust.
(b) He asks about the welfare of their children.
(c) He asks about the circulation of paper money.
(d) He asks about the recent civil war.

5. Who is specifically told to remain behind in his study rather than travel with the homunculus to Walpurgis Night?
(a) Mephistopheles.
(b) Baccalaureus.
(c) Famulus.
(d) Wagner.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who arrives to take Faust's soul from the devil in Scene 6 of Act V?

4. What is the setting of Scene 7 of Act V?

5. How did Faust and his men reclaim the land from the sea?

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