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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 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 to grieve for the appropriate time and then find a new husband.
(c) He tells her that God will punish her if she ever speaks a word against her husband.
(d) He tells her that she deserves to move on immediately.

2. What does Faust begin to read in the first scene called "Faust's Study"?
(a) Scripture.
(b) Myths about Mesopotamia.
(c) The Qur'an.
(d) The Odyssey.

3. What does Faust admit to Mephistopheles in the second "Faust's Study"?
(a) He is unhappy with life.
(b) He is comfortable with Mephistopheles in his life.
(c) He resents God.
(d) He lusts after a village girl.

4. Who torments Gretchen while she is in church?
(a) Mephistopheles.
(b) Faust.
(c) An angel.
(d) An evil spirit.

5. What does Gretchen pray for in "By a Shrine Inside the Town Wall, Night"?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Mephistopheles's soul.
(c) Forgiveness for Faust.
(d) Atonement for her sins.

Short Answer Questions

1. In regards to their bargain, what does Faust make Mephistopheles agree to before signing the pledge?

2. According to what he tells Mephistopheles, what did the Easter celebration initially bring Faust, which he no longer has?

3. What is the song about in "A Cathedral"?

4. Who is singing in the church?

5. Along with the death of Valentine, what else is tormenting Gretchen?

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