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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 pray for him in safety.
(c) To eat dinner.
(d) To offer as a sacrifice in exchange for his soul.

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

3. How do the Duke and Duchess of Vanholt feel about Faustus's feat?
(a) Proud.
(b) Angry.
(c) Amazed.
(d) Frightened.

4. What does Faustus ask for instead of his original plan in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) To meet the Seven Deadly Sins.
(b) To meet Helen of Troy.
(c) To be made invisible.
(d) To see hell.

5. How does the Pope react to Faustus's actions?
(a) Runs away.
(b) Cries.
(c) Crosses himself.
(d) Hides behind a curtain.

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

7. Why does the Chorus say that Faustus was damned?
(a) He wanted too much from life.
(b) He was a murderer.
(c) He hated everyone.
(d) He was not damned.

8. What does Faustus command Mephastophilis to do in Act 4, Scene 3?
(a) Summon Alexander the Great.
(b) Get the best grapes that the Duchess of Vanholt has ever tasted.
(c) Kill the Duke of Vanholt.
(d) Summon Helen of Troy.

9. Why does the new arrival in Act 4, Scene 1 approach Faustus?
(a) Steal Faustus's money.
(b) Fight Faustus.
(c) Borrow Mephastophilis to act as his servant.
(d) Buy Faustus's horse.

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

11. Where was Mephastophilis when Robin and Rafe summoned him?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Rome.
(c) America.
(d) Constantinople.

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

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

14. What does Faustus do when the Pope arrives?
(a) He dies.
(b) Prays to God for forgiveness.
(c) Becomes visible.
(d) Steals the Pope's food and wine.

15. Who seizes the Horse-Courser?
(a) Lucifer.
(b) Mephastophilis.
(c) Wagner.
(d) Faustus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who returns to the room, singing a dirge, in Act 3, Scene 1?

2. What does the Duchess of Vanholt have a craving for?

3. What do Robin and Rafe do out of fear of Mephastophilis?

4. Who enters with Faustus in Act 5, Scene 1?

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

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