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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mephistopheles tell Helen that frightens her in Scene 1 of Act III?

2. What is the setting of Scene 3 in Act IV?

3. What does Maia steal from Ares?

4. How does the chorus describe Menelaus in Scene 1 of Act III?

5. What does Maia steal from Poseidon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Faust discuss with his commanders when he learns that Menelaus is coming to regain Helen in Act III?

2. Why does Helen leave Faust at the end of Act III?

3. Describe the landscape of Arcadia as in Act III?

4. What prompts Euphorion to climb to great heights and fly?

5. In Act III, what are some of Helen's doubts an fears about Menelaus's intentions?

6. What does the chorus transform into at the end of Act III?

7. Initially after the battle how does the emperor feel in Act IV?

8. Describe the setting of Scene 3 of Act IV.

9. How does Mephistopheles treat Helen's servants in Scene 1 of Act III?

10. What action does the emperor take towards his aides and marshals in Scene 3 of Act IV?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the dramatic structure of Faust Part II. Use textual evidence to designate the expository, rising action, the climax, falling action and denouement in this literary work.

Essay Topic 2

Throughout Faust, Goethe uses imagery as a metaphor for the plot and character development. Give three specific examples of these metaphors and how they relate specific actions in the plot and/or character development. Discuss why or why not they are effective as literary tools augmenting the general action.

Essay Topic 3

In Faust a lot of focus is given to the issues of good versus evil and beautiful versus ugly. Using specific characters and situations discuss how Goethe highlights this dichotomy and specifically how the idea of beautiful versus ugly relates to good versus evil.

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