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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. What does the clown profess to wanting for this play during "Prelude on the Stage"?
(a) He wants to entertain the audience.
(b) He wants to play the lead.
(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 must Faust promise in order to get Gretchen to accept and use the item he gives her in "Martha's Garden"?
(a) If the flower convinces her that he loves her, he will take her on a trip.
(b) The potion is safe to use on her mother.
(c) He will marry her one day soon.
(d) He will attend church with her.

3. How does Mephistopheles give Martha contradicting statements about her husband in "The Neighbor's House"?
(a) He hints at different times that her husband loved her or did not love her.
(b) He tells her that her husband was a great man and a despicable man.
(c) He tells her that her husband was a homosexual, but probably not.
(d) He tells her that her husband is dead and then alive.

4. How does Gretchen admit to feeling when Faust is not around?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Relief.
(c) Apathy.
(d) Sadness.

5. Of what is Faust irrationally jealous in regards to its proximity to Gretchen?
(a) Her bonnet.
(b) The Body of Christ in Communion.
(c) The necklace around her neck.
(d) Her bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mephistopheles mock to Faust after Gretchen leaves in "Martha's Garden?"

2. Why does Gretchen wish to keep the jewelry Faust and Mephistopheles secretly leave for her?

3. What comforts Gretchen's mother when the priest takes the jewels away?

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

5. Where does "Night" take place?

(see the answer key)

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