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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instrument accompanies the gardeners in Scene 3 of Act I?
(a) Mandolins.
(b) Harps.
(c) Theorbos.
(d) Violins.

2. What does Mephistopheles cure the blonde woman of in Scene 6 of Act I?
(a) Lice.
(b) Depression.
(c) Insomnia.
(d) Freckles.

3. What are the names of the two philosophers that the homunculus comes upon in Scene 3 of Act II?
(a) Heraclitus and Thales.
(b) Socrates and Plato.
(c) Anaxagoras and Xenophanes.
(d) Anaxagoras and Thales.

4. Who gives the prologue to Scene 3 in Act II?
(a) Faust.
(b) The homonculus.
(c) Erichto.
(d) Caesar.

5. Why does Faust try to dispel Paris in Scene 7 of Act I?
(a) Mephistopheles instructs him to.
(b) He wants Helen for himself.
(c) He's trying to protect Paris from the men at court.
(d) He is bored with Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is not a name of the graces mentioned in Scene 3 of Act I?

2. Who sings a song of rejuvenation to Faust?

3. What must Faust descend through to read the location given by the prophetess in Act II?

4. What is the opinion of the women of the court of Paris?

5. In what setting does Faust seek sleep in Act I?

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