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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Carolus promise Faustus in Act 4, Scene 1 after Faustus adheres to Carolus' request?
(a) A kingdom.
(b) A wife.
(c) A great reward.
(d) Death.

4. Who does Faustus want to see to help him choose his course of studies?
(a) Valdes and Cornelius.
(b) Wagner and the Clown.
(c) Good and Bad Angels.
(d) Mephastophilis.

5. Why do the scholars decide to visit someone at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) They need to borrow money.
(b) They want his help with Faustus.
(c) They want to have dinner with him.
(d) They lost their keys.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Mephastophilis say that he serves?

2. To whom do the scholars pose their question in Act 1, Scene 2?

3. What does Robin do when he grows tired of the Vintner?

4. What do the first set of books that Mephastophilis gives Faustus allow Faustus to do?

5. Who arrives in the beginning of Act 4, Scene 2?

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