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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. What is Faust's method of suicide when he contemplates ending his life?
(a) Self-immolation.
(b) Dagger to the heart.
(c) Gunshot to the head.
(d) Poison.

2. How does Lieschen feel about Barbara?
(a) She believes Barbara is getting what she deserves.
(b) She believes Barbara is being unfairly maligned, but Barbara has no one to blame but herself.
(c) She is afraid of Barbara and her bad luck.
(d) She thinks that Barbara deserves nothing but help and sympathy.

3. What suggestion does Mephistopheles give Gretchen in "The Neighbor's House" in regards to marriage?
(a) She should become an actress.
(b) She should run away to another town.
(c) She should take a lover.
(d) She should enter a nunnery.

4. What comforts Gretchen's mother when the priest takes the jewels away?
(a) The priest absolves her and Gretchen of any wrong-doing.
(b) The priest promises they will be rich in heaven.
(c) The priest offers to help Gretchen find a husband.
(d) The priest assures her that Gretchen is still a virgin.

5. Where does "Outside the Town Wall" take place?
(a) The river.
(b) The countryside.
(c) The forest.
(d) The church.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what is Faust irrationally jealous in regards to its proximity to Gretchen?

2. What does Valentine not do as he dies?

3. How does Gretchen admit to feeling when Faust is not around?

4. What does Faust admit to Mephistopheles in the second "Faust's Study"?

5. In regards to their bargain, what does Faust make Mephistopheles agree to before signing the pledge?

(see the answer key)

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