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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 does Mephistopheles agree to do if Faust frees Gretchen?
(a) He will give Gretchen a new identity so that she may start over.
(b) He will take them both to safety.
(c) He will free Faust from his bond.
(d) He will bring Gretchen's family back to life.

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

3. In what language is the song heard during "A Cathedral"?
(a) English.
(b) German.
(c) French.
(d) Latin.

4. In the final scene, "A Prison," where does Gretchen want Faust to go?
(a) The church.
(b) The pond.
(c) The cemetary.
(d) The gallows.

5. What is the name of Gretchen's friend?
(a) Liesl.
(b) Martha.
(c) Wendla.
(d) Lieschen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Valentine admit to Gretchen before he dies?

2. In "Open Country, Night," where do the witches perform their ritual?

3. What can Mephistopheles not do for Gretchen in "A Gloomy Day?"

4. Why does Gretchen choose this particular person to pray to during "By a Shrine Inside the Town Wall, Night"?

5. For what does Gretchen ask permission when she is unable to recognize Faust in her cell?

Short Essay Questions

1. What visions do Faust and Mephistopheles claim to have to their dancing partners?

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

3. What does Faust ask of Gretchen during "Martha's Garden" and how does she (and Mephistopheles) react to this?

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

5. What torments Gretchen at the cathedral and why?

6. What is Walpurgis Night?

7. What agreement does Faust and Mephistopheles come to when the former discovers that Gretchen had been pregnant and is now in prison and why?

8. Why is Gretchen is prison?

9. What happens to Gretchen at the end of "A Cathedral"?

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

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