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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. What does Lucifer demand of Faustus in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) That Faustus meet the Seven Deadly Sins.
(b) No more questions about God and heaven.
(c) That Mephastophilis answer Faustus's questions.
(d) That Faustus resign the contract.

2. What set of books does Faustus ask for?
(a) Books to control women.
(b) Books to give him power over all the other demons and knowledge of the entire earth and universe.
(c) Books to summon troops of knights.
(d) Books to control the weather.

3. What deal does Faustus offer Mephastophilis in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) To trade his soul for 24 years of life with Mephastophilis as his servant.
(b) To pay Mephastophilis for magical books.
(c) To leave Mephastophilis alone if he will answer Faustus's questions about God and heaven.
(d) None of these is correct.

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

5. Who does the Pope think Faustus is?
(a) Mephastophilis.
(b) A demon.
(c) God.
(d) A ghost.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Faustus question Mephastophilis about in Act 1, Scene 3?

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

4. What do the first set of books that Mephastophilis gives Faustus allow Faustus to do?

5. Whom does Mephastophilis say that he serves?

(see the answer key)

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