Doctor Faustus Quizzes

Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Doctor Faustus? Put your knowledge to the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. According to Lucifer, where is hell?


Everywhere Heaven isn't
In a huge underground cavern
On the floor below Purgatory
At school
Q. Why does Benvolio try to murder Faustus?


To steal Faustus's magical power
For flirting with Benvolio's girl
For humiliating Benvolio by putting horns on his head
For mispronouncing Benvolio's name
Q. Which figure from Greek mythology does Marlowe compare Faustus to when he says, "Till swoll'n with cunning of a self-conceit, His waxen wings did mount above his reach, And melting, heavens conspired his overthrow"?


Zeus
Icarus
Alexander the Great
Leonidas
Q. Who asks Faustus to conjure Helen of Troy?


Paris
Lucifer
Scholars
Benvolio
Q. How does Mephistopheles react when Dick and Robin successfully call him?


He demands their souls as payment
He offers to perform one act of magic for each
He turns Robin into a gorilla and Dick into an ape
He turns Dick into Batman