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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Walpurgis Night and A Walpurgis Night's Dream.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Martha warn Mephistopheles about while Gretchen and Faust speak?
(a) She warns him that Faust better not hurt Gretchen.
(b) She warns him that he will be unhappy in their town.
(c) She warns him that Gretchen is on the brink of joining a nunnery.
(d) She warns him to not die a bachelor.

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

3. What does Faust propose to Gretchen during "Martha's Garden"?
(a) He asks if she would like to move in with him.
(b) He asks if they can sleep together.
(c) He asks if they can get married.
(d) He asks if she would run away with him.

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

5. Along with the death of Valentine, what else is tormenting Gretchen?
(a) The murder of Martha.
(b) The death of her mother.
(c) Her rape by Mephistopheles.
(d) Her excommunication.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the poet believe the director is doing to him in "Prelude on the Stage"?

2. Where does the poodle transform into Mephistopheles?

3. According to Mephistopheles, what must he and Faust do in order for the potion to work?

4. According to Musaget, what is easier to "govern than the Muses"?

5. What is Faust doing in his first appearance in this play?

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