What is the Faust legend

In legend, Faust is a scholar, who makes a pact with the devil. He sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for knowledge and worldly pleasure. This is comparable to the pact Tom makes with Old Scratch in The Devil and Tom Walker.

In legend, Faust is a scholar, who makes a pact with the devil. He sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for knowledge and worldly pleasure. This is comparable to the pact Tom makes with Old Scratch in The Devil and Tom Walker.

In which story—Faust or “The Devil and Tom Walker”—does the main character sell his soul for wisdom?

Which sentence from “The Story of an Hour” best sums up the author’s viewpoint about the restrictions women faced in marriages in the last decade of the nineteenth century?