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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do Faustus and Mephastophilis discuss in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Helen of Troy.
(b) Ancient rulers.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Hell.

3. Who is the main character in the play?
(a) God.
(b) Dr. John Faustus.
(c) Lucifer.
(d) Mephastophilis.

4. Whom does Mephastophilis return to Faustus with in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) The Bad Angel.
(b) Lucifer.
(c) God.
(d) Wagner.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Faustus tempted to study this?

2. What does Faustus's thoughts soon turn away from?

3. Why does Mephastophilis refuse to continue discussing God and heaven?

4. Why does Faustus react the way that he does to the pending storm?

5. What does the Clown agree to do after the devils leave in Act 1, Scene 4?

(see the answer key)

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