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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Faust promise Gretchen in "A Garden"?
(a) He will seek approval for their marriage from her mother.
(b) He will get rid of Mephistopheles.
(c) He will go to confession.
(d) He will love her forever.

2. Who criticizes the dancing on the mountain?
(a) Mephistopheles.
(b) Puck.
(c) The Huckster-Witch.
(d) The Proctophantamist.

3. What purpose does Gretchen's song serve in prison?
(a) She is trying to fool everyone into thinking she is mad.
(b) She is trying to send a message to Faust.
(c) She is trying to figure out who is responsible for her plight.
(d) She thinks she is singing to her child.

4. Why does Gretchen choose this particular person to pray to during "By a Shrine Inside the Town Wall, Night"?
(a) She is afraid that she needs protection.
(b) She feels only the Virgin Mary will understand her pain.
(c) She feels that she has become Mary Magdalene.
(d) She believes that Jesus will not judge her.

5. What scene is being presented in "A Walpurgis Night's Dream"?
(a) The rape of Wendla.
(b) Bel-Imperia's imprisonment.
(c) Titania and Oberon's wedding.
(d) Iphigenia's escape from Tauris.

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

7. What is Martha attempting to do with Mephistopheles in "A Garden"?
(a) Get a marriage proposal.
(b) Take him to confession.
(c) Get him drunk.
(d) Seduce him.

8. From where does the voice at the end of "Faust" come?
(a) Church.
(b) Hell.
(c) Purgatory.
(d) Heaven.

9. What does Gretchen believe about Mephistopheles when he appears in her cell?
(a) He is the devil who is coming for her.
(b) He is the doctor for her child.
(c) He is Faust.
(d) He is there to drain her blood.

10. According to Musaget, what is easier to "govern than the Muses"?
(a) Priests.
(b) Animals.
(c) The ocean waves.
(d) Witches.

11. What must Faust promise in order to get Gretchen to accept and use the item he gives her in "Martha's Garden"?
(a) The potion is safe to use on her mother.
(b) He will marry her one day soon.
(c) He will attend church with her.
(d) If the flower convinces her that he loves her, he will take her on a trip.

12. During "A Forest Cavern," who is Faust addressing in the beginning?
(a) A spirit.
(b) Gretchen.
(c) God.
(d) Satan.

13. What is the occupation of Gretchen's brother?
(a) Priest.
(b) Shopkeeper.
(c) Barrister.
(d) Soldier.

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

15. For what reasons does Gretchen want Faust to go to a particular location in "A Prison"?
(a) She wants him to visit their child's grave.
(b) She wants him to pray for his soul.
(c) She wants him to be there when she dies.
(d) She wants him to save the child she drowned there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gretchen attending during "A Cathedral"?

2. What does Martha warn Mephistopheles about while Gretchen and Faust speak?

3. Who torments Gretchen while she is in church?

4. In what language is the song heard during "A Cathedral"?

5. What can Mephistopheles not do for Gretchen in "A Gloomy Day?"

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