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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. 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. How does "A Cathedral" end?
(a) Gretchen faints.
(b) Gretchen attempts suicide.
(c) Gretchen renounces God.
(d) Gretchen dies.

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

4. What purpose does "A Walpurgis's Night Dream" serve in this play?
(a) A ritual to conjure up a spell of eternal darkness.
(b) Comic relief.
(c) Commentary on Faust and Gretchen.
(d) A cover for Faust's escape.

5. Why does Valentine duel Mephistopheles and Faust?
(a) He thinks Faust raped Gretchen.
(b) Faust insulted him.
(c) Mephistopheles cast a spell on Valentine to manipulate him into a duel.
(d) He is protecting Gretchen's honor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Valentine?

2. What is the purpose of the item Faust gives Gretchen at the end of "Martha's Garden"?

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

4. Along with the death of Valentine, what else is tormenting Gretchen?

5. What does Mephistopheles warn Faust about in regards to his affections for Gretchen?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the purpose of the potion?

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

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

6. What comprises Valentine's final moments alive?

7. What torments Gretchen at the cathedral and why?

8. What does Faust fear in regards to his relationship with Gretchen about Mephistopheles?

9. During "Martha's Garden," what does Gretchen admit to worrying about in regards to Mephistopheles?

10. Who is Barbara, and why is she being discussed by Gretchen and Lieschen?

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