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

2. How does Carolus feel about Faustus's trick?
(a) Angry.
(b) Scared.
(c) Amazed.
(d) Indifferent.

3. What does Mephastophilis warn the Horse-Courser not to do?
(a) Wake Faustus up.
(b) Eat Faustus's food.
(c) Yell at the horse.
(d) Buy another horse from Faustus.

4. What does Robin do when he grows tired of the Vintner?
(a) Runs away.
(b) Confesses to stealing the silver goblet.
(c) Reads a passage from Faustus's book.
(d) Tells the Vintner to leave.

5. What does Carolus ask Faustus to do?
(a) Produce a spirit.
(b) Loan him money.
(c) Summon Mephastophilis.
(d) Describe hell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Horse-Courser return soaking wet?

2. What does Faustus do when the Pope arrives?

3. Who appears in the Epilogue?

4. What do Robin and Rafe do out of fear of Mephastophilis?

5. What is said about Faustus in the Epilogue?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the Vintner unable to find the silver goblet?

2. What is Faustus's final request?

3. Why does Faustus refuse to pray to God in Act 5, Scene 2?

4. What does the Old Man tell Faustus, and how does Faustus respond?

5. Why does Faustus allow the Horse-Courser to leave peacefully?

6. What does the Chorus explain in the Epilogue?

7. What is Faustus doing at the beginning of Act 4, Scene 3?

8. What important allusions are used in the Epilogue, and what do they signify?

9. How does Faustus react to the Duchess of Vanholt's craving, and why?

10. Why does Mephastophilis attack the Horse-Courser?

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