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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Faust awakens in Act I, what are his impressions of his surroundings?
(a) He barely notices his surroundings.
(b) He finds everything dark and dreary.
(c) He finds the area just the way he remembers it, unchanging.
(d) He finds the landscape to be paradise.

2. Who does the archbishop accuse the emperor of being in league with in Scene 3 of Act IV?
(a) The rival emperor.
(b) Satan.
(c) He makes no accusation towards the emperor.
(d) Faust.

3. What does the archbishop want the emperor to build on the land near the battlefield?
(a) A grand church.
(b) An edifice to the fallen soldiers.
(c) A new palace.
(d) A triumphal arch.

4. What two "orders" support the throne, according to the Chancellor in Scene 2 of Act I?
(a) The common people and the clergy.
(b) The advisors and the soldiers.
(c) The clergy and the knights.
(d) The soldiers and the clergy.

5. What does the landscape remind Mephistopheles of in Scene 1 of Act IV?
(a) Classical Greece.
(b) His home, hell.
(c) Arcadia.
(d) Heaven.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the chorus ask Mephistopheles at the beginning of Scene 3 in Act III?

2. What does Mephistopheles cure the blonde woman of in Scene 6 of Act I?

3. What event are the advisers of the emperor excited to plan in Scene 3 of Act IV?

4. Who sings a song of rejuvenation to Faust?

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

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