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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wagner believe the sound of the bell accompanying Mephistopheles in Act II signals?
(a) Good things to come.
(b) The end of the day.
(c) The birth of an idea.
(d) A warning of an approaching evil.

2. What is the opinion of the men of court of Helen?
(a) They can't see her.
(b) They find her very beautiful.
(c) They dislike her.
(d) They are indifferent to her.

3. Which famous figure did Chiron tutor?
(a) Prometheus.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Pythagoris.
(d) Hercules.

4. What ancient mythological figure does the Astrologer compare Faust with in Scene 7 of Act I?
(a) Atlas.
(b) Hades.
(c) Prometheus.
(d) Hercules.

5. Who becomes the fool for the emperor in Scene 2 of Act I?
(a) Faust.
(b) Mephistopheles.
(c) The chancellor.
(d) Ariel.

6. Where does Mephistopheles place Faust at the beginning of Act II?
(a) Behind a curtain.
(b) In his scholarly robes on his bed.
(c) Outside under a tree.
(d) Under the desk.

7. How does the group travel with the homunculus to Walpurgis Night in Scene 2 of Act II?
(a) They travel through time and space to classical Greece.
(b) They appeal to the Mothers to make their journey.
(c) They physcially walk to Walpurgis Night.
(d) They all take sleeping draughts and travel in their dreams together.

8. Which mythical group suggests that Faust seek out Chiron?
(a) The ogres.
(b) The sphinxes.
(c) The fates.
(d) The sirens.

9. What does Mephistopheles give Faust to help him on his journey to conjure Helen and Paris?
(a) A dark cloak.
(b) A password.
(c) A map of the underworld.
(d) A magical key.

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

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

12. What does Mephistopheles introduce himself as to the Sphinxes and sirens?
(a) Jupiter.
(b) The Lost Seeker.
(c) The Ultimate Riddle.
(d) The Old Iniquity.

13. 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) Galatea.
(c) Phoenix.
(d) Proteus.

14. Who is the first mind that is read by the homunculus?
(a) Mephistopheles.
(b) Famulus.
(c) Wagner.
(d) Faust.

15. Who must Faust go to, in order to conjure Helen and Paris?
(a) The Mothers.
(b) Mephistopheles.
(c) The Graces.
(d) The Fates.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is specifically told to remain behind in his study rather than travel with the homunculus to Walpurgis Night?

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

3. Who is the queen of the dead as featured in Act II?

4. What reason does the homunculus tell Mephistopheles, to encourage him to take Faust to the classical Walpurgis Night?

5. What form does the homunculus decide to take at the end of Act II?

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