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

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

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

4. What does Faustus do when the Pope arrives?
(a) He dies.
(b) Becomes visible.
(c) Prays to God for forgiveness.
(d) Steals the Pope's food and wine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mephastophilis do to Robin and Rafe as punishment for meddling?

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

3. Where are Carolus and Faustus at the beginning of Act 4, Scene 1?

4. How does the Old Man send the devils away?

5. Who is cynical of Faustus's abilities?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Mephastophilis react to being summoned by Robin and Rafe?

4. Why are the Duke and Duchess of Vanholt impressed by Faustus's ability to procure grapes?

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

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

7. What does the Chorus explain in the Epilogue?

8. How does Faustus feel during the last hour of his life?

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

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

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