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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 does Faustus say retrieved the grapes?
(a) Mephastophilis.
(b) Wagner.
(c) Helen of Troy.
(d) A spirit.

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

4. Whom does Carolus want to see in Act 4, Scene 1?
(a) Constantinople.
(b) Helen of Troy.
(c) Lucifer.
(d) Alexander the Great and his paramour.

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

6. Why does Faustus allow the Horse-Courser to leave peacefully?
(a) Because the Horse-Courser asks nicely.
(b) Because the Horse-Courser gives him more money.
(c) Faustus does not allow the Horse-Courser to leave peacefully.
(d) Because Faustus hopes God will forgive him if he acts morally.

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

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

9. Who is awestruck at the end of Act 4, Scene 3?
(a) The Duchess of Vanholt.
(b) The Duke of Vanholt.
(c) Wagner.
(d) Faustus.

10. What is Faustus doing at the beginning of Act 5, Scene 1?
(a) Praying for forgiveness.
(b) Crying about his damnation.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Carousing and drinking heavily at a feast.

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

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

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

14. What happens at midnight in Act 5, Scene 2?
(a) Devils arrive to take Faustus to hell.
(b) Faustus begins praying to God for forgiveness.
(c) Faustus dies.
(d) The scholars scream.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the object being carried in Act 3, Scene 2 obtained?

2. Where does Faustus say he got the grapes?

3. How does the Vintner feel about Robin and Rafe?

4. Why does Faustus make his odd request in Act 3, Scene 1?

5. Why does the new arrival in Act 4, Scene 1 approach Faustus?

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