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

2. Why does Faust decide to turn to magic use?
(a) He wants to debunk the myth of magic.
(b) He thinks it is the only way he can expand his mind.
(c) He is attracted to a witch.
(d) He wants to summon Mephistopheles.

3. What effects are had on the men in the tavern due to Mephistopheles's presence?
(a) They begin to fall asleep.
(b) Three of the men die.
(c) They begin to speak in tongues.
(d) They begin to hallucinate.

4. When Faust has a vision of Gretchen on the night of the Walpurgis celebration, what does he see on her feet?
(a) Thorns.
(b) Shackles.
(c) Blood-soaked slippers.
(d) Nails from the Crucifixtion.

5. Why does Gretchen wish to keep the jewelry Faust and Mephistopheles secretly leave for her?
(a) She thinks she can make a gift of it to her friends.
(b) She thinks she can sell it off and bring in more money for her mother.
(c) She thinks it will make her more beautiful.
(d) She wishes to have it blessed by a priest.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Faust awed by, according to the beginning of "A Forest Cavern"?

3. What is Faust's title?

4. What is the name of Gretchen's friend?

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

(see the answer key)

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