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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Witch's Kitchen and A Street.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What interrupts Faust when he tries to commit suicide?
(a) The rising sun.
(b) The sounds of Easter hymnals.
(c) The sound of children playing.
(d) The church bells.

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

3. What are the men in the tavern about ready to do when Mephistopheles finally stops them?
(a) Pillage a neighboring village.
(b) Attack each other with knives.
(c) Commit suicide.
(d) Leave for another country.

4. What holiday is being celebrated in "Outside the Town Wall"?
(a) Christmas.
(b) New Year.
(c) May Day.
(d) Easter.

5. Who wrote the section "Dedication"?
(a) Goethe.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Marlow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mephistopheles give all the men in the tavern?

2. What must Faust step inside of in order to begin the spell to make him appear younger?

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

4. What is the director's main concern in "Prelude on the Stage"?

5. What does the author profess sadness over in "Dedication"?

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