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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 is Faust unable to convince Gretchen to do in "A Prison"?
(a) Forgive him.
(b) Forgive herself.
(c) Renounce God.
(d) Escape with him.

2. What purpose does Gretchen's song serve in prison?
(a) She thinks she is singing to her child.
(b) She is trying to figure out who is responsible for her plight.
(c) She is trying to fool everyone into thinking she is mad.
(d) She is trying to send a message to Faust.

3. Which mountains do Faust and Mephistopheles travel to in "Walpurgis Night"?
(a) Fichtelgebirge.
(b) Eastern Alps.
(c) The Black Forest Mountain Range.
(d) The Hartz Mountains.

4. What does Valentine not do as he dies?
(a) He calls Gretchen a whore.
(b) He tells her the town will never accept or help Gretchen.
(c) He forgives Gretchen.
(d) He calls a curse down upon Gretchen.

5. What does Martha warn Mephistopheles about while Gretchen and Faust speak?
(a) She warns him to not die a bachelor.
(b) She warns him that Gretchen is on the brink of joining a nunnery.
(c) She warns him that Faust better not hurt Gretchen.
(d) She warns him that he will be unhappy in their town.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom is Gretchen praying in the beginning of "By a Shrine Inside the Town Wall, Night"?

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

4. What does Gretchen believe will happen when she and Faust are separated in "A Garden?"

5. From where does the voice at the end of "Faust" come?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mephistopheles keep trying to subvert Faust from examining his vision of Gretchen?

2. Why is Gretchen is prison?

3. What purpose does "At the Well" serve in terms of story and character?

4. Who is Barbara, and why is she being discussed by Gretchen and Lieschen?

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

6. What is "A Walpurgis Night's Dream" and what purpose does it serve?

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

8. Describe the enormity of Gretchen's sorrows.

9. Describe some of the characters in the chapter "Walpurgis Night."

10. Why is Gretchen praying to the Virgin Mary?

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