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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Horse-Courser want when he returns?
(a) A different horse.
(b) A refund.
(c) To be taught how to summon demons.
(d) To take a nap.

2. Who arrives in the beginning of Act 4, Scene 2?
(a) Rafe.
(b) Wagner.
(c) Faustus.
(d) A horse-courser.

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

4. Whom does Faustus summon from the dead in Act 5, Scene 1?
(a) King Arthur.
(b) Alexander the Great.
(c) Moses.
(d) Helen of Troy.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Where was Mephastophilis when Robin and Rafe summoned him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Faustus explain his ability to procure grapes for the Duchess of Vanholt?

2. What important allusions are used in the Epilogue, and what do they signify?

3. In Act 3, Scene 2, why is Mephastophilis summoned, and what happens when he is summoned?

4. Where are Faustus and Mephastophilis at the beginning of Act 3, Scene 1? What are they doing?

5. What happens when the Horse-Courser offers to buy Faustus's horse?

6. What does the Chorus explain in the Epilogue?

7. What does Carolus ask Faustus to do in the beginning of Act 4, Scene 1?

8. At the beginning of Act 3, Scene 1, what does Faustus want, and why?

9. Why does Faustus refuse to pray to God in Act 5, Scene 2?

10. What is Faustus's final request?

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