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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why must Faust cling to the rocks on the mountain?
(a) The wind could knock him off the mountain.
(b) The rocks are slick from the rains.
(c) The fires from Hell might drag him down.
(d) The witches and wizards may knock him off while dancing.

2. What does Mephistopheles warn Faust about in regards to his affections for Gretchen?
(a) Faust will never find the courage to act on his lust.
(b) Faust will find another woman more attractive.
(c) Faust will take his feelings for Gretchen too far.
(d) Gretchen will outgrow her feelings for him.

3. Why does Mephistopheles come to Gretchen's cell at the end of the play?
(a) He removes his contract from Faust.
(b) He is hiding from a witch.
(c) He is there to kill Gretchen.
(d) He is warning Faust that he will be caught if he does not leave.

4. What does Gretchen believe is on Faust's hand when she tries to hold it in her cell?
(a) Blood.
(b) Fire.
(c) Ink.
(d) Mud.

5. What is Gretchen attending during "A Cathedral"?
(a) Sunday morning mass.
(b) Lenten rituals.
(c) A mass for the dead.
(d) Confession.

6. How does Gretchen admit to feeling when Faust is not around?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Relief.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Apathy.

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

8. What reason does Martha cite for not inviting Mephistopheles to stay longer with her at the end of "A Garden"?
(a) Nosy neighbors.
(b) He scares her.
(c) She does not trust him to not attempt a seduction.
(d) She would feel like a hypocrite by inviting him in.

9. What does Faust attempt to bring Gretchen during "The Street Outside Gretchen's Door"?
(a) A flower.
(b) A necklace.
(c) A bottle of wine.
(d) A ring.

10. How is most of "A Walpurgis's Night Dream" presented?
(a) Dell'arte.
(b) Mime.
(c) Poetry reading.
(d) Musically.

11. In "A Garden," what does Gretchen admit to being surprised about?
(a) Martha's husband is dead.
(b) Mephistopheles remembers her.
(c) Faust does not treat her like a simpleton.
(d) Faust finds her attractive.

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

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

14. While considering Faust's request in "Martha's Garden," of what is Gretchen afraid?
(a) Her mother will not approve of their marriage.
(b) Her reputation will be ruined.
(c) God will punish her.
(d) Her mother will catch them.

15. Who is Barbara?
(a) An unwed, pregnant girl.
(b) Faust's daughter.
(c) Mephistopheles's favorite witch.
(d) Gretchen's sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Valentine not do as he dies?

2. Why does Gretchen choose this particular person to pray to during "By a Shrine Inside the Town Wall, Night"?

3. What about Faust concerns Gretchen the most?

4. Who is singing in the church?

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

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