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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 does Gretchen initially believe about Faust when he comes into her cell?
(a) He is a guard taking her to the gallows.
(b) He is the devil.
(c) He is there to rape her.
(d) He is a priest coming to administer her Last Rites.

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

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

4. In what language is the song heard during "A Cathedral"?
(a) French.
(b) English.
(c) German.
(d) Latin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Lieschen, how did Barbara spend her evenings and nights?

2. In "A Garden," what does Gretchen admit to being surprised about?

3. For what reasons does Gretchen want Faust to go to a particular location in "A Prison"?

4. Why does Mephistopheles come to Gretchen's cell at the end of the play?

5. What does Mephistopheles agree to do if Faust frees Gretchen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What visions do Faust and Mephistopheles claim to have to their dancing partners?

2. Discuss the significance of Gretchen fearing Mephistopheles at the end of the play.

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

4. What is ironic about Mephistopheles's statement that Gretchen is doomed?

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 does Faust admit to being jealous of and why?

7. What happens to Gretchen at the end of "A Cathedral"?

8. How does Valentine react to Gretchen's plight, as well as the presence of Faust?

9. Why must Faust lie to Martha about her husband?

10. What leads up to Faust pledging his love to Gretchen?

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