Q. Which character is publicly skeptical of Faustus’s powers?
a) Charles V
b) The knight
c) The horse-courser
d) The ostler
Q. How does Faustus humiliate this skeptic?
a) He turns his skin green
b) He makes him unable to speak
c) He makes antlers sprout from the skeptic’s head
d) He hypnotizes him and makes him strip naked
Q. Who tries to persuade Faustus to repent just before he reseals his pact with Lucifer?
a) An old man
b) Wagner
c) Mephastophilis
d) The knight
Q. What happens to the horse that Faustus sells to the horse-courser?
a) It turns into a dragon
b) It dies immediately
c) It lives a long and healthy life
d) It turns into a heap of straw when it goes in the water
Q. What does Faustus fetch for the Duchess of Vanholt?
a) A male slave
b) A griffin
c) A dish of grapes
d) A horse
Q. Where, according to Mephistopheles, is hell?
a) Everywhere that heaven is not
b) Deep below the earth’s surface
c) Inside Faustus’s soul
d) Directly beneath heaven
Q. What is Barabas’s reaction to the news that all Jews must go to the senate-house?
a) He assumes that the Governor needs advice.
b) He thinks that the Turks have attacked Malta.
c) He suspects the summons has something to do with paying tribute.
d) He thinks the Jews are lying.
Q. What excuse does the governor use to confiscate all of Barabas’s estate?
a) He says that because Barabas refused to hand over half his wealth, then his entire estate is forfeit.
b) He says that Barabas has cheated the state through tax fraud.
c) He says it is too much for one man to own.
d) He doesn’t use an excuse: Barabas gives his estate up voluntarily.
Q. Why does Barabas mock the knight’s assertion that it would be “simple policy”-a foolish strategy-to break the league with the Turks?
a) Barabas believes that Spain can help Malta.
b) Barabas thinks that breaking the league will save him money.
c) Barabas thinks that the Christians’ “policy” is one of hypocrisy and cunning, rather than foolishness.
d) Barabas thinks that the Turks are a powerless enemy.
Q. Which one of Abigail’s qualities does Mathias praise to Lodowick?
a) Her integrity
b) Her beauty
c) Her virtue
d) Her father’s wealth