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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Faustus doing at the beginning of Act 4, Scene 3?
(a) Dining.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Reading.
(d) Praying.

2. What does Faustus command Mephastophilis to do in Act 4, Scene 3?
(a) Kill the Duke of Vanholt.
(b) Summon Helen of Troy.
(c) Get the best grapes that the Duchess of Vanholt has ever tasted.
(d) Summon Alexander the Great.

3. How does the Vintner feel about Robin and Rafe?
(a) He knows that they stole the goblet.
(b) He wants them to die.
(c) He does not know who they are.
(d) He likes them.

4. Who returns to the room, singing a dirge, in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Wagner.
(b) Faustus.
(c) The Pope.
(d) Friars.

5. What does the Horse-Courser want when he returns?
(a) A refund.
(b) To take a nap.
(c) To be taught how to summon demons.
(d) A different horse.

6. Who seizes the Horse-Courser?
(a) Lucifer.
(b) Wagner.
(c) Mephastophilis.
(d) Faustus.

7. Who does Faustus play a joke on in Act 4, Scene 1?
(a) Mephastophilis.
(b) Carolus.
(c) The cynical knight.
(d) Wagner.

8. Who arrives in the beginning of Act 4, Scene 2?
(a) Rafe.
(b) A horse-courser.
(c) Wagner.
(d) Faustus.

9. Where are Carolus and Faustus at the beginning of Act 4, Scene 1?
(a) At the theater.
(b) At dinner.
(c) In hell.
(d) At breakfast.

10. Where are Mephastophilis and Faustus waiting at the beginning of Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) At Robin's house.
(b) At a restaurant.
(c) The private chambers of the Pope.
(d) At the house of the Duke and Duchess of Vanholt.

11. What does Carolus ask Faustus to do at the end of Act 4, Scene 1?
(a) Remove the horns from the knight's head.
(b) Summon Helen of Troy.
(c) Take him to see hell.
(d) Visit again often.

12. Whom is Faustus eager to please in Act 4, Scene 3?
(a) The Duke of Vanholt.
(b) The pregnant Duchess of Vanholt.
(c) Wagner.
(d) Mephastophilis.

13. Why does Faustus send his guests to a different room during the last hour of his life?
(a) To offer as a sacrifice in exchange for his soul.
(b) To pray for him in safety.
(c) To get them away from him.
(d) To eat dinner.

14. Who arrives after Faustus's first guests leave in Act 5, Scene 1?
(a) Rafe.
(b) An old man.
(c) Wagner.
(d) Robin.

15. Why does Wagner believe that Faustus is preparing to die?
(a) Faustus refuses to see anyone.
(b) Wagner does not believe that Faustus is preparing to die.
(c) Faustus gave Wagner all of his possessions.
(d) Faustus has been praying lately.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Duke of Vanholt promise?

2. Why does the Chorus say that Faustus was damned?

3. In Act 3, Scene 2, why does Robin summon Mephastophilis?

4. What does Faustus tell the Horse-Courser not to do?

5. How does Faustus respond to Carolus' request at the end of Act 4, Scene 1?

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