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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Night and Outside the Town Wall.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Faust believe about the townspeople he and Wagner walk with during their holiday celebration after his suicide attempt?
(a) The people are mocking him.
(b) The people are all heretics.
(c) The people respect him.
(d) The people are liars.

2. How does Mephistopheles feel about mankind?
(a) He looks down upon them.
(b) He feels that they are misguided creatures.
(c) He feels they are worthy of his attention.
(d) He feels as if they are a great amusement.

3. What does Faust try to deter Wagner from doing with his life?
(a) Wasting his life in a pub.
(b) Going into the seminary.
(c) Following in Faust's footsteps of being a scholar.
(d) Becoming a barrister.

4. Why is Faust unhappy with his life's work?
(a) He never wanted to be a scholar.
(b) He no longer believes in his work.
(c) He is neither wealthy or famous.
(d) He feels slighted by the academic community.

5. What does the author profess sadness over in "Dedication"?
(a) The modern world moves too fast for the author.
(b) The author has recently realized that he is an atheist.
(c) Those who were around him while he was writing "Faust" are long dead.
(d) The author has decided to end his own life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Faust doing in his first appearance in this play?

2. What is Faust's method of suicide when he contemplates ending his life?

3. .0 0..........Mephistopheles has become bored because there is no challenge in ________ mankind anymore.

4. Where does "Outside the Town Wall" take place?

5. What is the poet's goal in the beginning of this play?

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