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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Faust wearing when he first meets with the emperor in Act IV?
(a) He is dressed as poor villager.
(b) Armor complete with a half-visor.
(c) He is in the classical dress of Greece.
(d) Long luxurient robes.

2. What does the emperor give to the Arch-Marshal in Scene 3 of Act IV?
(a) A bride.
(b) A new horse.
(c) A new castle.
(d) A sword.

3. How does the homunculus appear in the beginning of Scene 3 of Act II?
(a) As a light in a bottle.
(b) As a slightly darkened cloud.
(c) As water.
(d) As the reflection on a mirror.

4. Who tells Faust and Helen that Menelaus has arrived with his armies?
(a) Penthalis.
(b) Lynceus.
(c) Mephistopheles.
(d) No one tells Faust, he sees his approach.

5. What is Helen afraid of in Scene 1 of Act III?
(a) She is afraid of being attacked by disgruntled servants.
(b) She is afraid of being sacrificed by Menelaus.
(c) She is afraid of losing her beauty.
(d) She is afraid she will never again see Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which figure guides the living Colossus in Scene 3 of Act I?

2. When Mephistopheles asks Faust what he desires in Scene 1 of Act IV, how does Faust respond?

3. Why has the emperor requested Faust to conjure Helen and Paris?

4. In the beginning of Act IV, what form do the clouds take on first?

5. What is the name of the daughter of Nereus, who is expected to return to the sea in Act II?

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