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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through By A Shrine Inside The Town Wall, Night. The Street Outside Gretchen's Door, and A Cathedral.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mephistopheles explain to Faust about Gretchen's mother in "A Promenade"?
(a) She can sense anything evil or nonspiritual.
(b) She is bitter of her daughter's beauty.
(c) She is afraid of the outside world.
(d) She is suspicious of all men.

2. To what town does Mephistopheles bring Faust at the end of the second "Faust's Study" scene?
(a) Flesnburg.
(b) Leipzig.
(c) Bergen.
(d) Lebach.

3. How does Valentine currently feel about Gretchen?
(a) He is sympathetic towards her.
(b) He feels a murderous hatred towards her.
(c) He is furious with her.
(d) He feels nothing but love and understanding for her.

4. Where does Mephistopheles leave the box of jewelry for Gretchen before he and Faust leave her room?
(a) By the window.
(b) Under her bed.
(c) Her cabinet.
(d) On her pillow.

5. Along with the death of Valentine, what else is tormenting Gretchen?
(a) The death of her mother.
(b) Her rape by Mephistopheles.
(c) Her excommunication.
(d) The murder of Martha.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Faust do when left alone in Gretchen's room in "Evening"?

2. What does Martha advise Gretchen to do with the second box of jewelry that was mysteriously left for her?

3. What is Faust's reaction to the chorus of spirits in the first scene called "Faust's Study?"

4. What effects are had on the men in the tavern due to Mephistopheles's presence?

5. How does Mephistopheles give Martha contradicting statements about her husband in "The Neighbor's House"?

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