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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Gloomy Day. Open Country, Night. In Open Country and A Prison.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Martha advise Gretchen to do with the second box of jewelry that was mysteriously left for her?
(a) Martha will sell it for her, and they will split the money.
(b) She is advised to not show her mother this time.
(c) She will keep it at Martha's house.
(d) Gretchen should give it to the priest again.

2. Why does Gretchen say she no longer has in "A Prison"?
(a) Anger.
(b) Hope.
(c) Love.
(d) Despair.

3. For what does Gretchen ask permission when she is unable to recognize Faust in her cell?
(a) To sleep awhile longer.
(b) To pray to God.
(c) To contact her lover.
(d) To feed her baby.

4. How does the girl first react to Faust when she meets him?
(a) Shyly.
(b) Rudely.
(c) She is flattered.
(d) She tries to kiss him.

5. What does Gretchen finally admit to Faust before she leaves for home?
(a) She is not in love with Faust.
(b) She hates Mephistopheles.
(c) She has thought about killing herself before.
(d) She does not wish to lose her virginity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Along with the death of Valentine, what else is tormenting Gretchen?

2. What does Faust do when left alone in Gretchen's room in "Evening"?

3. Why was Gretchen forced to raise her now-deceased sister and take care of the house when she was younger?

4. How does "A Cathedral" end?

5. Where does Mephistopheles urge Faust to go at the end of "A Forest Cavern"?

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