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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Evening, A Promenade, and The Neighbor's House.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the clown profess to wanting for this play during "Prelude on the Stage"?
(a) He wants to play the lead.
(b) He wants to entertain the audience.
(c) He wants to be seen by the director of a better theater.
(d) He wants to create a grand piece of art.

2. What does the poet believe the director is doing to him in "Prelude on the Stage"?
(a) Stifling his creativity.
(b) Sabotaging him on purpose.
(c) Giving him his big break.
(d) Giving him a platform on which he can write.

3. What interrupts Faust when he tries to commit suicide?
(a) The church bells.
(b) The rising sun.
(c) The sound of children playing.
(d) The sounds of Easter hymnals.

4. What does the author profess sadness over in "Dedication"?
(a) Those who were around him while he was writing "Faust" are long dead.
(b) The modern world moves too fast for the author.
(c) The author has decided to end his own life.
(d) The author has recently realized that he is an atheist.

5. What does Faust believe about the girl he sees the image of at the witch's house?
(a) She is his daughter.
(b) She is the reincaration of his late wife.
(c) She holds paradise in her body.
(d) She will save his soul.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In regards to their bargain, what does Faust make Mephistopheles agree to before signing the pledge?

4. What does Mephistopheles posit to God in relation to Faust?

5. For what reasons do Faust and Mephistopheles visit a witch?

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