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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Gretchen's secret?
(a) She is glad that Valentine is dead.
(b) She killed her mother on purpose.
(c) She is dying.
(d) She is pregnant.

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

4. Who is Valentine?
(a) Gretchen's father.
(b) Gretchen's brother.
(c) Gretchen's cousin.
(d) Gretchen's fiance.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Mephistopheles try to compare Faust's vision of Gretchen in "Walpurgis Night"?

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

3. What purpose does Gretchen's song serve in prison?

4. For what does Gretchen ask permission when she is unable to recognize Faust in her cell?

5. In musical terms, what is the scene "A Walpurgis's Night Dream" called in the text?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Faust's vision of Gretchen.

2. What is "A Walpurgis Night's Dream" and what purpose does it serve?

3. Describe Martha and Mephistopheles's interactions in "A Garden."

4. Describe the seduction of Gretchen up until the end of "A Forest Cavern."

5. What comprises Valentine's final moments alive?

6. What does Faust ask of Gretchen during "Martha's Garden" and how does she (and Mephistopheles) react to this?

7. What is the purpose of the potion?

8. What agreement does Faust and Mephistopheles come to when the former discovers that Gretchen had been pregnant and is now in prison and why?

9. What does Faust admit to being jealous of and why?

10. After meeting Faust, how does Gretchen admit to feeling about him during "Gretchen's Room"?

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