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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 comforts Gretchen's mother when the priest takes the jewels away?
(a) The priest offers to help Gretchen find a husband.
(b) The priest assures her that Gretchen is still a virgin.
(c) The priest promises they will be rich in heaven.
(d) The priest absolves her and Gretchen of any wrong-doing.

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

3. According to Mephistopheles, what must he and Faust do in order for the potion to work?
(a) Keep moving.
(b) Eat a specific herb that can only be seen at midnight.
(c) Bathe in full moonlight.
(d) Sacrifice a white goat.

4. What does Mephistopheles advise Martha to do in terms of grieving her husband?
(a) He tells her to grieve for the appropriate time and then find a new husband.
(b) He tells her that God will punish her if she ever speaks a word against her husband.
(c) He tells her that she deserves to move on immediately.
(d) He tells her to grieve for him for the rest of her life.

5. What does Mephistopheles explain to Faust about Gretchen's mother in "A Promenade"?
(a) She is bitter of her daughter's beauty.
(b) She is suspicious of all men.
(c) She can sense anything evil or nonspiritual.
(d) She is afraid of the outside world.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the poet's goal in the beginning of this play?

2. What is Faust's title?

3. What does Faust try to deter Wagner from doing with his life?

4. According to Mephistopheles, why does he have no power over the young girl with whom Faust is obsessed?

5. After he drinks the potion, what does Faust want to do?

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