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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Where does Faustus say he got the grapes?
(a) England.
(b) Another place in the world where it is summer.
(c) Italy.
(d) Constantinople.

9. Who does the Pope think Faustus is?
(a) God.
(b) A ghost.
(c) A demon.
(d) Mephastophilis.

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

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

13. Who is cynical of Faustus's abilities?
(a) The Duchess of Vanholt.
(b) Carolus.
(c) A knight.
(d) The Duke of Vanholt.

14. What does the Duchess of Vanholt have a craving for?
(a) Grapes.
(b) Hamburger.
(c) Apples.
(d) Ice cream.

15. What does Wagner feel that Faustus should be doing at the beginning of Act 5, Scene 1?
(a) Resting.
(b) Partying.
(c) Visiting family.
(d) Preparing his soul for heaven.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Carolus ask Faustus to do at the end of Act 4, Scene 1?

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

3. What does Faustus do when the Horse-Courser leaves?

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

5. What does Robin do when he grows tired of the Vintner?

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