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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 Faust believe about the mysterious animal that approaches him during "Outside the Town Wall"?
(a) It is an escaped pet.
(b) It is a sign from God.
(c) It is an evil spirit.
(d) It is his pet from childhood.

2. What does Martha advise Gretchen to do with the second box of jewelry that was mysteriously left for her?
(a) Gretchen should give it to the priest again.
(b) Martha will sell it for her, and they will split the money.
(c) She is advised to not show her mother this time.
(d) She will keep it at Martha's house.

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

4. What does Wagner interrupt when he comes to see Faust in "Night?"
(a) Faust is preparing to commit suicide.
(b) Faust is writing a letter to God.
(c) Faust is counting his money.
(d) Faust is conjuring up a spirit.

5. Why does Mephistopheles grow angry at the witch that he visits with Faust?
(a) She spits at Faust.
(b) She does not recognize him as her master.
(c) She hits her baboons.
(d) She tries to renounce her evil ways.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Martha believe about her abusive husband?

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

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

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

5. What is Faust heavily doubting in "Night"?

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