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

2. Why does Gretchen choose this particular person to pray to during "By a Shrine Inside the Town Wall, Night"?
(a) She feels that she has become Mary Magdalene.
(b) She believes that Jesus will not judge her.
(c) She is afraid that she needs protection.
(d) She feels only the Virgin Mary will understand her pain.

3. According to what he tells Mephistopheles, what did the Easter celebration initially bring Faust, which he no longer has?
(a) Bitterness.
(b) Anger.
(c) Hope.
(d) Despair.

4. Who does Faust initially believe Mephistopheles to be?
(a) A priest.
(b) A student.
(c) A barrister.
(d) A broker.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Faust admit to Mephistopheles in the second "Faust's Study"?

2. What happens to Faust and Mephistopheles at the end of "Auerbach's Tavern"?

3. What does Mephistopheles claim happened to Martha's husband?

4. To whom is Gretchen praying in the beginning of "By a Shrine Inside the Town Wall, Night"?

5. Who torments Gretchen while she is in church?

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