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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Faustus react the way that he does to the pending storm?
(a) He is tired.
(b) He is bored.
(c) He is frightened.
(d) He plans to summon a demon.

5. What does Faustus consider in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Asking to meet the Seven Deadly Sins.
(b) Praying for forgiveness.
(c) Killing himself.
(d) Backing out of his deal with the devil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who appears after Faustus finishes his incantation?

2. When will Lucifer return to grant Faustus's request?

3. Why does Mephastophilis not want to answer Faustus's questions in Act 1, Scene 3?

4. What does Faustus command the demon to reappear as?

5. Why does Mephastophilis refuse to continue discussing God and heaven?

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