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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Commit suicide.
(d) Leave for another country.

2. What does Faust threaten to do if Mephistopheles is unable to get the girl he is obsessed with for him?
(a) He will imprison Mephistopheles in his study.
(b) He will reveal Mephistopheles to every witch in the country.
(c) He will leave Mephistopheles.
(d) He will throw Mephistopheles into a church.

3. What does Mephistopheles give all the men in the tavern?
(a) Gold coins.
(b) Dried meat.
(c) Drinks he conjured up.
(d) Herbs that he claims will promote vigor.

4. 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 tells her that her husband was a great man and a despicable man.
(c) He tells her that her husband was a homosexual, but probably not.
(d) He hints at different times that her husband loved her or did not love her.

5. From what does the witch read before giving Faust his potion to appear younger?
(a) A spellbook.
(b) The Old Testament backwards.
(c) The Book of Kells.
(d) The Necronomicon.

6. What does Faust begin to read in the first scene called "Faust's Study"?
(a) The Odyssey.
(b) The Qur'an.
(c) Scripture.
(d) Myths about Mesopotamia.

7. What must Faust step inside of in order to begin the spell to make him appear younger?
(a) A triangles.
(b) A series of squares.
(c) A pentagram.
(d) A circle.

8. Why is Mephistopheles unable to leave Faust's study after appearing to the man?
(a) A cross hangs over the door.
(b) A pentagram has been drawn on the threshold.
(c) Faust left his Bible by the door.
(d) The rest of the house has been blessed.

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

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

11. What does Mephistopheles advise Martha to do in terms of grieving her husband?
(a) He tells her that God will punish her if she ever speaks a word against her husband.
(b) He tells her that she deserves to move on immediately.
(c) He tells her to grieve for the appropriate time and then find a new husband.
(d) He tells her to grieve for him for the rest of her life.

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

13. What is Faust heavily doubting in "Night"?
(a) His sanity.
(b) His will to live.
(c) His relationship with God.
(d) His intelligence.

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

15. Who is stirring the witch's cauldron in "A Witch's Kitchen?"
(a) A female cat.
(b) A male turtle.
(c) A female baboon.
(d) A male dog.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the director's main concern in "Prelude on the Stage"?

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

4. What holiday is being celebrated in "Outside the Town Wall"?

5. What is the poet's goal in the beginning of this play?

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