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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 Gretchen initially believe about Faust when he comes into her cell?
(a) He is there to rape her.
(b) He is a guard taking her to the gallows.
(c) He is the devil.
(d) He is a priest coming to administer her Last Rites.

2. What does Gretchen believe will happen when she and Faust are separated in "A Garden?"
(a) Faust will probably need to laugh about her ignorance.
(b) He will forget about her.
(c) Faust will not be able to stop thinking about her.
(d) Gretchen will cry herself to sleep out of loneliness.

3. What is the purpose of the item Faust gives Gretchen at the end of "Martha's Garden"?
(a) It will put her mother to sleep.
(b) She will understand him better after reading the book.
(c) It will be a token of their secret engagement.
(d) She should pluck its petals to see if he loves her.

4. What are Gretchen and Faust doing during "A Summerhouse"?
(a) Making love.
(b) Flirting.
(c) Baking bread.
(d) Dancing.

5. To what town does Mephistopheles bring Faust at the end of the second "Faust's Study" scene?
(a) Flesnburg.
(b) Lebach.
(c) Leipzig.
(d) Bergen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Valentine admit to Gretchen before he dies?

3. What does Faust believe about the girl he sees the image of at the witch's house?

4. In regards to their bargain, what does Faust make Mephistopheles agree to before signing the pledge?

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

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