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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 consider in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Killing himself.
(b) Asking to meet the Seven Deadly Sins.
(c) Praying for forgiveness.
(d) Backing out of his deal with the devil.

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

3. What does Faustus ask to see in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Helen of Troy.
(b) Ancient Greece.
(c) Hell.
(d) Heaven.

4. Why does the Horse-Courser offer Faustus more money?
(a) To sell him another horse.
(b) To allow him to sleep there.
(c) To command Mephastophilis to let him go.
(d) To give him some food.

5. What deal does Faustus offer Mephastophilis in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) To pay Mephastophilis for magical books.
(b) To leave Mephastophilis alone if he will answer Faustus's questions about God and heaven.
(c) To trade his soul for 24 years of life with Mephastophilis as his servant.
(d) None of these is correct.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mephastophilis warn the Horse-Courser not to do?

2. To whom does Lucifer offer to introduce Faustus?

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

4. What does Faustus do when the Horse-Courser leaves?

5. How does Faustus feel about selling his soul in Act 2, Scene 3?

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