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==Study Questions==
==Study Questions==
1. Why does Faust feel as though he must turn to the occult?
2. Explain why this is more likely to appear in a text written during the period of Romanticism than during the age of Enlightenment?
3. How does the spirit feel about being summoned by Faust?
4. What reason does Faust offer the spirit as to why he called it?
5. How does Wagner feel about the knowledge he seeks?
6.      How does Faust feel about the ideas Wagner expresses?
7. What advice is offered by Faust to Wagner?
8. How does the Faust’s encounter with the spirit, aid in his decision to commit suicide?
9. What stops Faust from drinking the poison?
10.      What is the significance of the line ‘certain assurance of a new covenant” (523)?


==External Resources==
==External Resources==
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