Dr Faustus mcqs



Faustus spent his 24 years____.

A. Practically doing nothing as he wowed
B. Killing People
C. He keeps on sleeping all the day long.
D. He reads books

A. Practically doing nothing as he wowed

Marlowe is known for:

A. Tamburlaine
B. Hero and Leander
C. Dido, Queen of Carthage
D. Doctor Faustus and Jew of Malta

D. Doctor Faustus and Jew of Malta

Marlowe is included among____.

A. The Critics of 16th century
B. The University Wits
C. The Protestants
D. The Romantics

B. The University Wits

What happens to Faustus at the end of the play?

A. He collapses in his fear of death
B. He starts crying
C. He repents after the deadline and is taken by devils
D. Nothing happens to him

C. He repents after the deadline and is taken by devils

Where, according to Mephistopheles, is Hell?

A. “Everywhere that heaven is not”
B. He stays silent
C. He says “I’m not supposed to tell you”
D. “Far away from Heaven”

A. “Everywhere that heaven is not”

How does Faustus humiliate the skeptic?

A. He makes antlers sprout from the skeptic’s head
B. He puts his life-long good name on the line
C. He makes him eat what he never ate before
D. He gets him beaten up for nothing

A. He makes antlers sprout from the skeptic’s head

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

A. Go, and come with a sword in the left hand.
B. Go, and return an old Franciscan friar; That holy shape becomes a devil best.
C. Go, and get back like a Monk of Geoffrey Chaucer.
D. Go, and never return, because I’ve seen you.

B. Go, and return an old Franciscan friar; That holy shape becomes a devil best.