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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through By A Shrine Inside The Town Wall, Night. The Street Outside Gretchen's Door, and A Cathedral.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the witch burn herself on her cauldron?
(a) The baboon lets it boil over.
(b) She drops her book in the cauldron and has to fetch it.
(c) She forgets that she is warming up the cauldron.
(d) She falls into the fire.

2. What does Faust do when left alone in Gretchen's room in "Evening"?
(a) He lays down in her bed.
(b) He leaves a rose on her pillow.
(c) He steals an article of clothing.
(d) Visualizes her growing up.

3. What does Faust begin to read in the first scene called "Faust's Study"?
(a) Myths about Mesopotamia.
(b) Scripture.
(c) The Qur'an.
(d) The Odyssey.

4. What does Mephistopheles claim happened to Martha's husband?
(a) He was arrested for murder and executed.
(b) He died of a sexually transmitted disease from the woman he spent his fortune on.
(c) He was beaten to death in a bar fight.
(d) He drowned at sea.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the poet believe the director is doing to him in "Prelude on the Stage"?

2. What does Faust give Gretchen at the end of "Martha's Garden"?

3. What is Gretchen's secret?

4. Why is Faust unhappy with his life's work?

5. What is Faust awed by, according to the beginning of "A Forest Cavern"?

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