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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Gretchen's Room, Martha's Garden, and At The Well.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "A Garden," what does Gretchen admit to being surprised about?
(a) Faust finds her attractive.
(b) Martha's husband is dead.
(c) Faust does not treat her like a simpleton.
(d) Mephistopheles remembers her.

2. What does Mephistopheles admit to Faust will happen when he (Faust) sleeps with Gretchen?
(a) Mephistopheles will also get pleasure from the act.
(b) Mephistopheles's influence over Gretchen will be broken.
(c) Gretchen will no longer have the innocence to which Faust is so attracted.
(d) Mephistopheles will be powerless until Faust sleeps with Gretchen.

3. What does Faust promise Gretchen in "A Garden"?
(a) He will get rid of Mephistopheles.
(b) He will seek approval for their marriage from her mother.
(c) He will love her forever.
(d) He will go to confession.

4. What is Martha attempting to do with Mephistopheles in "A Garden"?
(a) Get him drunk.
(b) Seduce him.
(c) Take him to confession.
(d) Get a marriage proposal.

5. Why does Gretchen believe people tell her that she is beautiful?
(a) They pity her because of her poverty.
(b) They only want to sleep with her.
(c) She thinks that they are trying to tempt her away from God.
(d) They are attempting to reduce her down to only her physical attributes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mephistopheles give all the men in the tavern?

2. How does Gretchen feel about Barbara?

3. What happens to Faust and Mephistopheles at the end of "Auerbach's Tavern"?

4. What does the clown profess to wanting for this play during "Prelude on the Stage"?

5. What is the occupation of Gretchen's brother?

(see the answer key)

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