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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mephastophilis refuse to continue discussing God and heaven?
(a) Mephastophilis does not refuse to discuss God and heaven.
(b) Because he is afraid Faustus will back out of his deal with Lucifer.
(c) Remembering the happiness of heaven and his time with God is too painful.
(d) Because Lucifer will punish him.

2. What is the occupation of Valdes and Cornelius?
(a) Lawyers.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Sorcerers.
(d) Doctors.

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

4. Who arrives to vie for Faustus's soul in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) The Old Man.
(b) Mephastophilis.
(c) The Good and Bad Angels.
(d) God and Lucifer.

5. What does Faustus ask to see in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Ancient Greece.
(b) Helen of Troy.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Hell.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Faustus feel about the sight of the demon in Act 1, Scene 3?

2. What are Mephastophilis and Faustus waiting for at the beginning of Act 3, Scene 1?

3. What does the Bad Angel tell Faustus in Act 2, Scene 1?

4. What is Faustus very tempted to study in Act 1, Scene 1?

5. Whom does Mephastophilis return to Faustus with in Act 2, Scene 3?

(see the answer key)

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