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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Remove the horns from the knight's head.
(d) Summon Helen of Troy.

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

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

4. 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 misses his family.
(d) He wishes he had slept with more women.

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

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

7. Which human arrives in the middle of Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) The Vintner.
(b) Mephastophilis.
(c) Faustus.
(d) Wagner.

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

9. How does the Old Man send the devils away?
(a) He runs away from them because he cannot send them away.
(b) With his intelligence.
(c) With the power of his faith.
(d) By screaming.

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

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

12. How does the Vintner feel about Robin and Rafe?
(a) He wants them to die.
(b) He knows that they stole the goblet.
(c) He does not know who they are.
(d) He likes them.

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

14. Why does Faustus make his odd request in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Because he is hungry.
(b) Because he has heard how beautiful Helen of Troy is.
(c) Because he is curious.
(d) So that he can do whatever he pleases.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Faustus say retrieved the grapes?

2. Why does the Horse-Courser return soaking wet?

3. What does the Horse-Courser want when he returns?

4. Who does Faustus play a joke on in Act 4, Scene 1?

5. What are Faustus and Mephastophilis doing at the beginning of Act 4, Scene 2?

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