Question 1

In the Prologue,who introduces the story of Doctor Faustus?

Accepted Answer

A) The Chorus 
B) Faustus 
C) Mephastophilis 
D) Wagner 
A) The Chorus 
B) Faustus 
C) Mephastophilis 
D) Wagner A

Question 2

What Famous beauty does Mephastophilis present to Faustus in scene 12?

Accepted Answer

A) Joan of Arc 
B) Elwanor of Aquitaine 
C) Catherine the Great 
D) Helen of Troy 
A) Joan of Arc 
B) Elwanor of Aquitaine 
C) Catherine the Great 
D) Helen of Troy D

Question 3

When he first summons Mephastophilis, how does Faustus ask him to appear?

Accepted Answer

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 
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 A

Question 4

Where, according to Mephastophilis, is hell?

Accepted Answer

A) Everywhere that heaven is not 
B) deep below the earth's surface 
C) Inside Faustus's soul 
D) Directly beneath heaven 
A) Everywhere that heaven is not 
B) deep below the earth's surface 
C) Inside Faustus's soul 
D) Directly beneath heaven

Question 5

What does Mephastophilis refuse to tell Faustus?

Accepted Answer

A) If Faustus will demned 
B) How many Planets there are 
C) Where hell is located? 
D) Who made the world 
A) If Faustus will demned 
B) How many Planets there are 
C) Where hell is located? 
D) Who made the world

Question 6

How does Faustus sign his compact with Lucifer?

Accepted Answer

A) In his own blood 
B) In the blood of a virgin 
C) In ink produced in hell 
D) He doesn't 
A) In his own blood 
B) In the blood of a virgin 
C) In ink produced in hell 
D) He doesn't

Question 7

which character intruct Faustus in the dark arts?

Accepted Answer

A) The Scholar 
B) Wagner snd Robin 
C) The Good and Bad Angels 
D) Cornelius and Valdes 
A) The Scholar 
B) Wagner snd Robin 
C) The Good and Bad Angels 
D) Cornelius and Valdes

Question 8

Which City does Faustus visit extensively in scene 7?

Accepted Answer

A) Amsterdam 
B) Berlin 
C) Rome 
D) Jerusalem 
A) Amsterdam 
B) Berlin 
C) Rome 
D) Jerusalem

Question 9

To which Greek mythological character in Faustus compared in Prologue?

Accepted Answer

A) Hercules 
B) Perseus 
C) Icarus 
D) Theseus 
A) Hercules 
B) Perseus 
C) Icarus 
D) Theseus

Question 10

What happens to Faustus at the end of the play?

Accepted Answer

A) He repents and is saved 
B) He kills himself 
C) He becomes emperor og Germany 
D) He is carried off to Hell 
A) He repents and is saved 
B) He kills himself 
C) He becomes emperor og Germany 
D) He is carried off to Hell

Question 11

Which historical figure does Faustus conjure up for the emperor to see?

Accepted Answer

A) Helen of Troy 
B) Jesus Christ 
C) Joan of Arc 
D) Alexender the Great 
A) Helen of Troy 
B) Jesus Christ 
C) Joan of Arc 
D) Alexender the Great

Question 12

What does Faustus offer in return for his service?

Accepted Answer

A) All his riches 
B) The life of his first-born child 
C) Nothing 
D) His Soul 
A) All his riches 
B) The life of his first-born child 
C) Nothing 
D) His Soul

Question 13

How did Claudius murder king Hamlet?

Accepted Answer

A) By Stabbing him through an arras 
B) By Pouring poison into his ear 
C) By ordering him to be hanged 
D) By Poisoning his wineglass 
A) By Stabbing him through an arras 
B) By Pouring poison into his ear 
C) By ordering him to be hanged 
D) By Poisoning his wineglass

Question 14

Whos Skull does Hamlet discover in the Churchyard?

Accepted Answer

A) The former court jester's 
B) Raynaldo's 
C) Ophelia's 
D) His father's 
A) The former court jester's 
B) Raynaldo's 
C) Ophelia's 
D) His father's

Question 15

For how many years has Agamemnon been at war in Troy?

Accepted Answer

A) Five 
B) Ten 
C) Seven 
D) One 
A) Five 
B) Ten 
C) Seven 
D) One

Question 16

What is the name of the ruler in hell in Doctor Faustus?

Accepted Answer

A) Satan 
B) Mephastophilis 
C) Lucifer 
D) Belzebub 
A) Satan 
B) Mephastophilis 
C) Lucifer 
D) Belzebub

Question 17

What does the horse-courser think he is removing from Faustus's body after Faustus wakes?

Accepted Answer

A) His Shirt 
B) His Leg 
C) His Cloak 
D) His Hand 
A) His Shirt 
B) His Leg 
C) His Cloak 
D) His Hand

Question 18

How does Othello kill Desdemona?

Accepted Answer

A) He stabs her 
B) He smothers her 
C) He strangles her 
D) He beats her to death 
A) He stabs her 
B) He smothers her 
C) He strangles her 
D) He beats her to death

Question 19

Which trick does Faustus, while invisible, pay on the pope?

Accepted Answer

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 bamquet 
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 bamquet

Question 20

Who tries to persuade Faustus to repent just before he reseals his pact with Lucifer?

Accepted Answer

A) An old man 
B) Wagner 
C) Mephastophilis 
D) The Knight 
A) An old man 
B) Wagner 
C) Mephastophilis 
D) The Knight

In the Prologue,who introduces the story of Doctor Faustus?

What Famous beauty does Mephastophilis present to Faustus in scene 12?

When he first summons Mephastophilis, how does Faustus ask him to appear?

Where, according to Mephastophilis, is hell?

What does Mephastophilis refuse to tell Faustus?

How does Faustus sign his compact with Lucifer?

which character intruct Faustus in the dark arts?

Which City does Faustus visit extensively in scene 7?

To which Greek mythological character in Faustus compared in Prologue?

What happens to Faustus at the end of the play?

Which historical figure does Faustus conjure up for the emperor to see?

What does Faustus offer in return for his service?

How did Claudius murder king Hamlet?

Whos Skull does Hamlet discover in the Churchyard?

For how many years has Agamemnon been at war in Troy?

What is the name of the ruler in hell in Doctor Faustus?

What does the horse-courser think he is removing from Faustus's body after Faustus wakes?

How does Othello kill Desdemona?

Which trick does Faustus, while invisible, pay on the pope?

Who tries to persuade Faustus to repent just before he reseals his pact with Lucifer?

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Exam 2: Characters and Plot in Othello and Doctor Faustus

In the Prologue,who introduces the story of Doctor Faustus?

What Famous beauty does Mephastophilis present to Faustus in scene 12?

When he first summons Mephastophilis, how does Faustus ask him to appear?

Where, according to Mephastophilis, is hell?

What does Mephastophilis refuse to tell Faustus?

How does Faustus sign his compact with Lucifer?

which character intruct Faustus in the dark arts?

Which City does Faustus visit extensively in scene 7?

To which Greek mythological character in Faustus compared in Prologue?

What happens to Faustus at the end of the play?

Which historical figure does Faustus conjure up for the emperor to see?

What does Faustus offer in return for his service?

How did Claudius murder king Hamlet?

Whos Skull does Hamlet discover in the Churchyard?

For how many years has Agamemnon been at war in Troy?

What is the name of the ruler in hell in Doctor Faustus?

What does the horse-courser think he is removing from Faustus's body after Faustus wakes?

How does Othello kill Desdemona?

Which trick does Faustus, while invisible, pay on the pope?

Who tries to persuade Faustus to repent just before he reseals his pact with Lucifer?

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