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FAUST, MEPHISTOPHELES..

by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Ten questions on craft, meaning, and form. Untimed. Answer every question to submit.

Q01of 10

What is the primary structural form of this dramatic piece?

Q02of 10

When Faust says Spring should 'work also within our limbs,' he is primarily expressing which idea?

Q03of 10

The 'Ignis-fatuus' (will-o'-the-wisp) serves which thematic function in the poem?

Q04of 10

In the Alternate Chorus beginning 'The limits of the sphere of dream,' what is the dominant poetic technique used in lines such as 'Trees behind trees, row by row' and 'clift by clift, rocks bend and lift'?

Q05of 10

Which of the following best describes the tone of Mephistopheles throughout the poem?

Q06of 10

Mephistopheles warns Faust that Lilith 'excels / All women in the magic of her locks.' This allusion draws on which tradition?

Q07of 10

Faust's vision of the pale girl who resembles Margaret is significant primarily because it:

Q08of 10

According to Mephistopheles, what does the 'blood-red line' around the pale girl's neck signify?

Q09of 10

The Pedlar-Witch lists items she does NOT carry in her pack, including daggers, poison bowls, and cursed jewels. What is the primary effect of this catalogue of absent evils?

Q10of 10

In the stage direction '[FAUST DANCES AND SINGS WITH A GIRL],' Faust sings of an apple-tree where 'two fair apples...to climb and taste attracted me.' The Girl replies that such apples still grow in her garden. What is the most accurate reading of this exchange?

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