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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through By A Shrine Inside The Town Wall, Night. The Street Outside Gretchen's Door, and A Cathedral.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sort of animal approaches Faust and Wagner during the holiday celebration?
(a) A black poodle.
(b) A black cat.
(c) A black crow.
(d) A black rabbit.

2. For what reasons do Faust and Mephistopheles visit a witch?
(a) The witch needs to lend Faust a spellbook.
(b) Faust needs a potion to make him young.
(c) The witch needs to stop time so that Faust may seduce a young woman.
(d) The witch needs to atone for her behavior towards Mephistopheles.

3. What are the men in the tavern about ready to do when Mephistopheles finally stops them?
(a) Pillage a neighboring village.
(b) Attack each other with knives.
(c) Leave for another country.
(d) Commit suicide.

4. What does Gretchen pray for in "By a Shrine Inside the Town Wall, Night"?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Mephistopheles's soul.
(c) Atonement for her sins.
(d) Forgiveness for Faust.

5. What is Gretchen's secret?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She is dying.
(c) She killed her mother on purpose.
(d) She is glad that Valentine is dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mephistopheles advise Martha to do in terms of grieving her husband?

2. What are Gretchen and Faust doing during "A Summerhouse"?

3. While considering Faust's request in "Martha's Garden," of what is Gretchen afraid?

4. What does Mephistopheles claim happened to Martha's husband?

5. What does Faust admit to Mephistopheles in the second "Faust's Study"?

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