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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 are the men in the tavern about ready to do when Mephistopheles finally stops them?
(a) Leave for another country.
(b) Attack each other with knives.
(c) Commit suicide.
(d) Pillage a neighboring village.

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

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

4. Why is Mephistopheles unable to leave Faust's study after appearing to the man?
(a) A cross hangs over the door.
(b) The rest of the house has been blessed.
(c) Faust left his Bible by the door.
(d) A pentagram has been drawn on the threshold.

5. To whom is Gretchen praying in the beginning of "By a Shrine Inside the Town Wall, Night"?
(a) The Virgin Mary.
(b) Mary Magdalene.
(c) St. Anthony.
(d) Jesus Christ.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Faust begin to read in the first scene called "Faust's Study"?

2. After their pact is signed, what doubts does Faust voice to Mephistopheles?

3. When Gretchen re-enters her room in "Evening," how does she begin to feel?

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

5. To what town does Mephistopheles bring Faust at the end of the second "Faust's Study" scene?

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