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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mephastophilis warn the Horse-Courser not to do?
(a) Yell at the horse.
(b) Buy another horse from Faustus.
(c) Eat Faustus's food.
(d) Wake Faustus up.

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

3. What does Carolus ask Faustus to do at the end of Act 4, Scene 1?
(a) Visit again often.
(b) Take him to see hell.
(c) Summon Helen of Troy.
(d) Remove the horns from the knight's head.

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

5. When does Faustus claim that he is going to die?
(a) Tomorrow.
(b) In one year.
(c) Tonight.
(d) Next month.

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

7. In Act 3, Scene 2, why does Robin summon Mephastophilis?
(a) To answer a question.
(b) To get him out of jail.
(c) To torture the Vintner.
(d) To procure a book.

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

9. What is the Vintner searching for?
(a) His money.
(b) A book.
(c) His silver goblet.
(d) Helen of Troy.

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

11. How does Carolus feel about Faustus's trick?
(a) Angry.
(b) Amazed.
(c) Scared.
(d) Indifferent.

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

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

14. From where does Mephastophilis retrieve Alexander the Great?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Hell.
(c) Constantinople.
(d) Death.

15. Who is waiting in the beginning of Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) The pope and his friars.
(b) The Good Angel and the Bad Angel.
(c) Rafe and Robin.
(d) Faustus and Mephastophilis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Faustus talk to at the beginning of Act 5, Scene 2?

2. Why does Robin cast a spell?

3. What does Faustus do to make the churchmen leave the room?

4. Whom is Faustus eager to please in Act 4, Scene 3?

5. What is the setting of Act 4, Scene 3?

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