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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 is Faustus doing at the beginning of Act 4, Scene 3?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Dining.
(c) Reading.
(d) Praying.

2. What does Faustus say when the Horse-Courser attacks him toward the end of Act 4, Scene 2?
(a) He asks the attacker to leave him alone.
(b) He hits his attacker.
(c) He wants the attacker to die.
(d) He tells Mephastophilis to do something about him.

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

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

5. What are Faustus and Mephastophilis doing at the beginning of Act 4, Scene 2?
(a) Waiting to meet the Pope.
(b) Preparing to return to Wittenberg.
(c) Reading a book.
(d) Signing Faustus's contract with Lucifer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is odd about Faustus's feat in Act 4, Scene 3?

2. What is said about Faustus in the Epilogue?

3. Who is awestruck at the end of Act 4, Scene 3?

4. What is being carried as Act 3, Scene 2 opens?

5. Why does Faustus refuse to pray?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Faustus react to the Duchess of Vanholt's craving, and why?

2. Why does Mephastophilis attack the Horse-Courser?

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

4. What is Faustus's final request?

5. What are Robin and Rafe doing at the beginning of Act 3, Scene 2?

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

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

8. Why is the Vintner unable to find the silver goblet?

9. What does the Old Man tell Faustus, and how does Faustus respond?

10. What does Faustus do when the Pope enters his private chambers?

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