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UGC NET Revision- Mcqs from Dr. Faustus

Hi Folks, how is your preparation. Let us today review our knoweldge of Dr. Faustus. Please do read, like and share.

1.       Where was Faustus born in?
a.       Wittenberg
b.      Heidelberg
c.       Rhode
d.      Isle of man
Answer: c

2.       Who is the servant of Dr. Faustus?
a.        Wagner
b.       Valdes
c.        Cornelius
d.      Galen
Answer: a
Explanation: Wagner is his servant; Valdes and Cornelius are his friends. Galen is a Greek physician.

3.       Faustus promised to give his soul to the devil if Mephistopheles becomes his servant for
a.       Twenty years
b.      Twenty four years
c.       Twenty five years
d.      Thirty years
Answer: b

4.       Who were the first teachers of magic to Faustus?
a.       Valdes
b.      Cornelius
c.       Both a and b
d.      None of the above
Answer: c

5.       How did Faustus wrote the deal with Lucifer for selling his soul to him?
a.       He signed the deed  with a pen
b.      He signed the deed with a bible
c.       He signed the deed on leather
d.      He signed the deed with his blood
Answer: d

6.       Who attacked the Pope (boxed the pope’s ear) when he was dining?
a.       Faustus
b.      Mephistopheles
c.       Beelzebub
d.      Lucifer
Answer: a

7.       Who was the German emperor who invited Faustus to his palace?
a.       Charles I
b.      Charles V
c.       Wilhelm
d.      Fredrick
Answer: b

8.       Who did Faustus rescue from the Pope?
a.       Benvolio
b.       Martino 
c.       Bruno
d.      Frederick 
Answer: c
Explanation: The German emperor wanted Bruno to become the Pope.

9.       Who was converted into a stag by Goddess Diana and on whose head Faustus conjured up a pair of antlers?
a.       Benvolio
b.       Martino 
c.       Bruno
d.      Frederick 
Answer: a

10.   Whom did the German emperor want to see?
a.       The Pope
b.      Helen of Troy
c.       Aeneas and Dido
d.      Alexander and his wife
Answer: d

11.   What did Benvolio do to exact revenge on Faustus?
a.       He complained  to the emperor
b.      He stabbed Faustus and cut off his head
c.       He poisoned Faustus
d.      He  set fire to Faustus building
Answer: b
Explanation: Though cut off his head Faustus came back to life as his life was in the hand of Mephistopheles.

12.   Faustus sold his horse to a man and told not to ride the horse on water. What happened to the horse when the man actually rode it on water?
a.       It  died
b.      It drowned
c.       It turned into a heap of straw
d.      It turned into a deer
Answer: c

13.   What did the Duchess of Vanholt asked from Faustus?
a.       Ripe grapes
b.      Apple
c.       Money
d.      Jewels
Answer: a

14.   Who asked Faustus to bring Helen of Greece before him?
a.       Duke of Vanholt
b.      The German Emperor
c.       The scholars
d.      The Pope
Answer: c

15.   Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships, / And burnt the topless towers of Ilium." (Act V, Scene I.)  who spoke these lines  in the play?
a.       Duke of Vanholt
b.      The German Emperor
c.       The scholars
d.      Faustus
Answer: d

16.    Faustus left behind all his belongings to?
a.       Valdes
b.      Wagener
c.       Cornelius
d.      Bruno
Answer: b

17.    In the end what happens to Faustus?
a.       The devils dragged him to hell
b.      He repented and went to heaven
c.       He denounced magic and was saved by God
d.      None of the above
Answer: a









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