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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Old Man want at the end of Act 5, Scene 1?
(a) To see hell.
(b) To die.
(c) To save Faustus.
(d) Helen of Troy for himself.

2. Who arrives after Faustus's first guests leave in Act 5, Scene 1?
(a) Wagner.
(b) An old man.
(c) Rafe.
(d) Robin.

3. What does Faustus think about during the last hour of his life?
(a) He misses his family.
(b) He regrets his decision to sell his soul to the devil.
(c) He regrets never marrying.
(d) He wishes he had slept with more women.

4. What are Mephastophilis and Faustus waiting for at the beginning of Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) To retrieve Faustus's book.
(b) To meet the Pope.
(c) To go to sleep.
(d) To eat dinner.

5. What is Faustus's last request?
(a) He does not make a last request.
(b) To be made king.
(c) To see God.
(d) To make love to Helen of Troy.

6. How does Carolus feel about Faustus's trick on his subject?
(a) It amuses Carolus greatly.
(b) Carolus thinks Faustus is insolent.
(c) It increases Faustus's standing in Carolus's eyes.
(d) Carolus is angry.

7. Why does Faustus send his guests to a different room during the last hour of his life?
(a) To get them away from him.
(b) To offer as a sacrifice in exchange for his soul.
(c) To eat dinner.
(d) To pray for him in safety.

8. Where are Carolus and Faustus at the beginning of Act 4, Scene 1?
(a) At the theater.
(b) In hell.
(c) At breakfast.
(d) At dinner.

9. Who enters with Faustus in Act 5, Scene 1?
(a) Three scholars.
(b) Wagner.
(c) Mephastophilis.
(d) Rafe.

10. How does Faustus respond to Carolus' request at the end of Act 4, Scene 1?
(a) He leaves angrily.
(b) He refuses.
(c) He complies.
(d) He laughs.

11. Where is Faustus, according to the Epilogue?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Rome.
(c) Hell.
(d) Constantinople.

12. Whom does Faustus send to accomplish Carolus' request?
(a) Robin.
(b) Mephastophilis.
(c) Lucifer.
(d) Wagner.

13. Where are Mephastophilis and Faustus waiting at the beginning of Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) At the house of the Duke and Duchess of Vanholt.
(b) At a restaurant.
(c) The private chambers of the Pope.
(d) At Robin's house.

14. Who appears when Act 3, Scene 2 opens?
(a) Wagner.
(b) Faustus.
(c) Robin and Rafe.
(d) Mephastophilis.

15. Whom is Faustus eager to please in Act 4, Scene 3?
(a) The Duke of Vanholt.
(b) The pregnant Duchess of Vanholt.
(c) Wagner.
(d) Mephastophilis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Mephastophilis and Faustus do to the people singing a dirge at the end of Act 3, Scene 1?

2. Who is taken with Faustus in Act 4, Scene 3?

3. Who threatens to tear Faustus apart in Act 5, Scene 1?

4. Who does the Pope think Faustus is?

5. Why does Robin cast a spell?

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