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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Street, A Garden, A Summerhouse, and A Forest Cavern.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gretchen do with the daisy she picks while walking with Faust?
(a) She plays "He loves me, he loves me not."
(b) She throws it in the fire.
(c) She throws it in the water.
(d) She puts it in her hair.

2. Where does "Outside the Town Wall" take place?
(a) The countryside.
(b) The river.
(c) The church.
(d) The forest.

3. What does Faust threaten to do if Mephistopheles is unable to get the girl he is obsessed with for him?
(a) He will throw Mephistopheles into a church.
(b) He will imprison Mephistopheles in his study.
(c) He will reveal Mephistopheles to every witch in the country.
(d) He will leave Mephistopheles.

4. What does Faust do when left alone in Gretchen's room in "Evening"?
(a) He lays down in her bed.
(b) He leaves a rose on her pillow.
(c) Visualizes her growing up.
(d) He steals an article of clothing.

5. In the scene after he drinks the potion to appear younger, where does Faust see the girl he saw a vision of at the witch's kitchen?
(a) His sister's house.
(b) Church.
(c) The street.
(d) A dressmaker's shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Faust unhappy with his life's work?

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

3. What does Wagner interrupt when he comes to see Faust in "Night?"

4. Why was Gretchen forced to raise her now-deceased sister and take care of the house when she was younger?

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

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