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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 save Faustus.
(c) To die.
(d) Helen of Troy for himself.

2. Why does Robin cast a spell?
(a) Because he wants to escape.
(b) To keep the Vintner from finding the silver goblet.
(c) Because the Vintner says he cannot do it.
(d) Because he wants to try.

3. Who is taken with Faustus in Act 4, Scene 3?
(a) The Duchess of Vanholt.
(b) Mephastophilis.
(c) The Duke of Vanholt.
(d) Wagner.

4. What does Mephastophilis do to Robin and Rafe as punishment for meddling?
(a) Turns them into an ape and a dog.
(b) Sends them to hell.
(c) Kills them.
(d) Beats them.

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

6. Who returns to the room, singing a dirge, in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Friars.
(b) Wagner.
(c) Faustus.
(d) The Pope.

7. Who appears in the Epilogue?
(a) Lucifer.
(b) Mephastophilis.
(c) Faustus.
(d) The Chorus.

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

9. Who enters the room with a large retinue of attendants in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Lucifer.
(b) Helen of Troy.
(c) The Pope.
(d) God.

10. What is being carried as Act 3, Scene 2 opens?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A book.
(c) A candle stick.
(d) A silver goblet.

11. Whom does Faustus talk to at the beginning of Act 5, Scene 2?
(a) Mephastophilis.
(b) Wagner.
(c) The Old Man.
(d) Scholars.

12. Who arrives in the beginning of Act 4, Scene 2?
(a) Faustus.
(b) A horse-courser.
(c) Wagner.
(d) Rafe.

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

14. What is the setting of Act 4, Scene 3?
(a) Carolus's house.
(b) The house of the Duke and Duchess of Vanholt.
(c) Faustus's house.
(d) The woods.

15. Which Greek god(dess) is alluded to in the Epilogue?
(a) Aphrodite.
(b) Artemis.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Zeus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Faustus do when the Pope arrives?

2. Who is waiting in the beginning of Act 3, Scene 1?

3. How does the Pope react to Faustus's actions?

4. How do the Duke and Duchess of Vanholt feel about Faustus's feat?

5. What does Wagner feel that Faustus should be doing at the beginning of Act 5, Scene 1?

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