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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 does Faustus play a joke on in Act 4, Scene 1?
(a) Wagner.
(b) The cynical knight.
(c) Mephastophilis.
(d) Carolus.

2. What do Mephastophilis and Faustus do to the people singing a dirge at the end of Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Beat them.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Kill them.
(d) Hide from them.

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

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

5. What does Faustus tell the Horse-Courser not to do?
(a) Take the horse into water.
(b) Talk directly to Mephastophilis.
(c) Sell the horse to someone else.
(d) Yell at the horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Wagner believe that Faustus is preparing to die?

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

3. What does Wagner feel that Faustus should be doing at the beginning of Act 5, Scene 1?

4. What is Faustus doing at the beginning of Act 5, Scene 1?

5. Who does the Pope think Faustus is?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Faustus summon Helen of Troy during the scholars' visit?

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

3. Why does Faustus allow the Horse-Courser to leave peacefully?

4. Why does Mephastophilis attack the Horse-Courser?

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

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

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

8. Why does the Horse-Course return to Faustus?

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

10. How does Carolus react to Faustus's feats?

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