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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who appears when Act 3, Scene 2 opens?
(a) Mephastophilis.
(b) Wagner.
(c) Robin and Rafe.
(d) Faustus.
2. Why does the new arrival in Act 4, Scene 1 approach Faustus?
(a) Buy Faustus's horse.
(b) Fight Faustus.
(c) Borrow Mephastophilis to act as his servant.
(d) Steal Faustus's money.
3. What does Faustus think about during the last hour of his life?
(a) He regrets his decision to sell his soul to the devil.
(b) He regrets never marrying.
(c) He misses his family.
(d) He wishes he had slept with more women.
4. Who arrives in the beginning of Act 4, Scene 2?
(a) A horse-courser.
(b) Faustus.
(c) Rafe.
(d) Wagner.
5. What does Faustus command Mephastophilis to do in Act 4, Scene 3?
(a) Get the best grapes that the Duchess of Vanholt has ever tasted.
(b) Summon Helen of Troy.
(c) Summon Alexander the Great.
(d) Kill the Duke of Vanholt.
6. What does Faustus do when the Horse-Courser leaves?
(a) Goes to sleep.
(b) Eats dinner.
(c) Argues with Mephastophilis.
(d) Leaves quickly.
7. Why does Faustus send his guests to a different room during the last hour of his life?
(a) To offer as a sacrifice in exchange for his soul.
(b) To pray for him in safety.
(c) To get them away from him.
(d) To eat dinner.
8. How does the Old Man send the devils away?
(a) He runs away from them because he cannot send them away.
(b) With the power of his faith.
(c) With his intelligence.
(d) By screaming.
9. What do Mephastophilis and Faustus do to the people singing a dirge at the end of Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Beat them.
(b) Hide from them.
(c) Kill them.
(d) Nothing.
10. Why does the Horse-Courser offer Faustus more money?
(a) To give him some food.
(b) To command Mephastophilis to let him go.
(c) To allow him to sleep there.
(d) To sell him another horse.
11. What does Carolus promise Faustus in Act 4, Scene 1 after Faustus adheres to Carolus' request?
(a) A great reward.
(b) Death.
(c) A kingdom.
(d) A wife.
12. Who does Faustus say retrieved the grapes?
(a) Mephastophilis.
(b) A spirit.
(c) Wagner.
(d) Helen of Troy.
13. Who arrives after Faustus's first guests leave in Act 5, Scene 1?
(a) Wagner.
(b) An old man.
(c) Rafe.
(d) Robin.
14. How does the Vintner feel about Robin and Rafe?
(a) He wants them to die.
(b) He does not know who they are.
(c) He knows that they stole the goblet.
(d) He likes them.
15. What does the Old Man want at the end of Act 5, Scene 1?
(a) To die.
(b) Helen of Troy for himself.
(c) To see hell.
(d) To save Faustus.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Carolus feel about Faustus's trick on his subject?
2. Why does Faustus refuse to pray?
3. Why does Faustus make his odd request in Act 3, Scene 1?
4. Where is Faustus, according to the Epilogue?
5. Who does Faustus play a joke on in Act 4, Scene 1?
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