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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Gretchen's Room, Martha's Garden, and At The Well.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author profess sadness over in "Dedication"?
(a) The author has decided to end his own life.
(b) The author has recently realized that he is an atheist.
(c) The modern world moves too fast for the author.
(d) Those who were around him while he was writing "Faust" are long dead.

2. What is Faust awed by, according to the beginning of "A Forest Cavern"?
(a) Gretchen understands his feelings about God.
(b) Gretchen refuses to be swayed by Mephistopheles.
(c) He has no feelings beyond lust for Gretchen.
(d) He has fallen deeply in love with Gretchen.

3. What does Mephistopheles warn Faust about in regards to his affections for Gretchen?
(a) Gretchen will outgrow her feelings for him.
(b) Faust will take his feelings for Gretchen too far.
(c) Faust will find another woman more attractive.
(d) Faust will never find the courage to act on his lust.

4. Who is Barbara?
(a) An unwed, pregnant girl.
(b) Mephistopheles's favorite witch.
(c) Faust's daughter.
(d) Gretchen's sister.

5. What does Mephistopheles advise Martha to do in terms of grieving her husband?
(a) He tells her to grieve for him for the rest of her life.
(b) He tells her that God will punish her if she ever speaks a word against her husband.
(c) He tells her that she deserves to move on immediately.
(d) He tells her to grieve for the appropriate time and then find a new husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of animal approaches Faust and Wagner during the holiday celebration?

2. Why does Mephistopheles come to God in the "Prologue in Heaven"?

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

4. Where does Mephistopheles leave the box of jewelry for Gretchen before he and Faust leave her room?

5. What does Mephistopheles suggest about Faust's vows of love to Gretchen in "A Street"?

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