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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. While considering Faust's request in "Martha's Garden," of what is Gretchen afraid?
(a) Her reputation will be ruined.
(b) Her mother will catch them.
(c) God will punish her.
(d) Her mother will not approve of their marriage.

2. What reason does Martha cite for not inviting Mephistopheles to stay longer with her at the end of "A Garden"?
(a) Nosy neighbors.
(b) She does not trust him to not attempt a seduction.
(c) She would feel like a hypocrite by inviting him in.
(d) He scares her.

3. Where does Mephistopheles urge Faust to go at the end of "A Forest Cavern"?
(a) Home.
(b) Gretchen's bed.
(c) Martha's garden.
(d) Church.

4. What does Gretchen do with the daisy she picks while walking with Faust?
(a) She puts it in her hair.
(b) She plays "He loves me, he loves me not."
(c) She throws it in the fire.
(d) She throws it in the water.

5. What does Faust try to deter Wagner from doing with his life?
(a) Wasting his life in a pub.
(b) Going into the seminary.
(c) Following in Faust's footsteps of being a scholar.
(d) Becoming a barrister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mephistopheles posit to God in relation to Faust?

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

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

4. What does Mephistopheles promise Gretchen at the end of "The Neighbor's House"?

5. What does Faust believe about the townspeople he and Wagner walk with during their holiday celebration after his suicide attempt?

(see the answer key)

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