Q. Which characters instruct Faustus in the dark arts?
a) The scholars
b) Wagner and Robin
c) The good and bad angels
d) Cornelius and Valdes
Q. When he first summons Mephastophilis, how does Faustus ask him to appear?
a) In the shape of a Franciscan friar
b) In the shape of a beautiful woman
c) As a winged creature with horns
d) As a handsome young man
Q. What is the name of the ruler of hell in Doctor Faustus?
a) Satan
b) Lucifer
c) Mephastophilis
d) Beelzebub
Q. How long does Faustus demand that Mephastophilis serve him?
a) Thirty years
b) One hour
c) Twenty-four years
d) A century
Q. How does Faustus sign his compact with Lucifer?
a) In his own blood
b) In the blood of a virgin
c) In ink produced in hell
d) He doesn’t
Q. What is the meaning of the words that appear on Faustus’s arm in Latin?
a) “Satan’s own”
b) “Prince of Darkness”
c) “Fly, man”
d) “You are doomed”
Q. What does Mephastophilis refuse to tell Faustus?
a) If Faustus will be damned
b) How many planets there are
c) Where hell is located
d) Who made the world
Q. Which city does Faustus visit extensively in scene 7?
a) Amsterdam
b) Rome
c) Berlin
d) Jerusalem
Q. What trick does Faustus, while invisible, play on the pope?
a) He makes a Bible burn in the pope’s hands
b) He exposes the pope’s baldness
c) He fools the pope into believing a statue is talking to him
d) He steals dishes of food and disrupts the pope’s banquet
Q. Which historical figure does Faustus conjure up for the emperor to see?
a) Helen of Troy
b) Jesus Christ
c) Joan of Arc
d) Alexander the Great