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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. How does "A Cathedral" end?
(a) Gretchen dies.
(b) Gretchen faints.
(c) Gretchen attempts suicide.
(d) Gretchen renounces God.

2. Why does Gretchen believe people tell her that she is beautiful?
(a) They are attempting to reduce her down to only her physical attributes.
(b) They only want to sleep with her.
(c) They pity her because of her poverty.
(d) She thinks that they are trying to tempt her away from God.

3. What does Valentine admit to Gretchen before he dies?
(a) He poisoned her drink.
(b) He has renounced God because of her.
(c) He knows her secret.
(d) He has alerted their priest about her condition.

4. What does the poodle refuse to do when in Faust's study?
(a) Warm itself by the fire.
(b) Stay calm.
(c) Drink.
(d) Eat.

5. When Gretchen re-enters her room in "Evening," how does she begin to feel?
(a) Joyful.
(b) Uneasy.
(c) Angry.
(d) Refreshed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the poodle transform into Mephistopheles?

2. Who is singing in the church?

3. In what language is the song heard during "A Cathedral"?

4. What does Mephistopheles give all the men in the tavern?

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

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