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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 Valentine admit to Gretchen before he dies?
(a) He knows her secret.
(b) He has alerted their priest about her condition.
(c) He has renounced God because of her.
(d) He poisoned her drink.

2. Where does "Outside the Town Wall" take place?
(a) The forest.
(b) The countryside.
(c) The river.
(d) The church.

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

4. What is Faust's reaction to the chorus of spirits in the first scene called "Faust's Study?"
(a) He falls asleep.
(b) He starts to fear for his sanity.
(c) He becomes afraid.
(d) He gets drunk.

5. In what time does "Prelude on the Stage" take place?
(a) The past.
(b) The present as it was when the play was written.
(c) Present time for the production.
(d) The future.

Short Answer Questions

1. During "Martha's Garden," what does Gretchen discuss with Faust?

2. For what reasons do Faust and Mephistopheles visit a witch?

3. What does the poodle refuse to do when in Faust's study?

4. When Gretchen re-enters her room in "Evening," how does she begin to feel?

5. Why must Faust cling to the rocks on the mountain?

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