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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Faustus command Mephastophilis to do?
(a) Introduce him to Lucifer.
(b) Act as his servant.
(c) Summon the Seven Deadly Sins.
(d) Give him powers.

2. How does Faustus feel about selling his soul in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Happy.
(b) Regretful.
(c) Frightened.
(d) Relieved.

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

4. What does Faustus tell the Horse-Courser not to do?
(a) Sell the horse to someone else.
(b) Take the horse into water.
(c) Yell at the horse.
(d) Talk directly to Mephastophilis.

5. What does Faustus say when the Horse-Courser attacks him toward the end of Act 4, Scene 2?
(a) He wants the attacker to die.
(b) He tells Mephastophilis to do something about him.
(c) He hits his attacker.
(d) He asks the attacker to leave him alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the new arrival in Act 4, Scene 1 approach Faustus?

2. What are Faustus and Mephastophilis doing at the beginning of Act 4, Scene 2?

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

4. Whom does Mephastophilis say that he serves?

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

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