Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus, Exam Based Questions

Christopher Marlowe’s

Doctor Faustus

1. "Faustus is gone! Regard his hellish fall" is said by which character? (PGTRB 2017, UGC NET 2019)

A) Lucifer

B) Wagner

C) Chorus

D) Mephistopheles

Ans: C) Chorus

2. Who says, “Why, this is hell, nor am I out of it”? (UGC NET 2018)

A) Lucifer

B) Wagner

C) Mephistopheles

D) Faustus

Ans: C) Mephistopheles

3. What does Faustus aspire to become? (PGTRB 2020, UGC NET 2017)

A) A politician

B) A theologian

C) A magician

D) A soldier

Ans: C) A magician

4. Which character serves as Faustus’s servant? (PGTRB 2019)

A) Robin

B) Valdes

C) Wagner

D) Rafe

Ans: C) Wagner

5. Faustus makes a pact with Lucifer for how many years of service from Mephistopheles? (UGC NET 2016)

A) 10 years

B) 20 years

C) 24 years

D) 40 years

Ans: C) 24 years

6. The pact Faustus signs is sealed with what? (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2018)

A) A sacred oath

B) His blood

C) A scroll

D) A book

Ans: B) His blood

7. What prevents Faustus from repenting in the end? (UGC NET 2019)

A) Pride and fear

B) Magic

C) Church excommunication

D) A curse

Ans: A) Pride and fear

8. Who warns Faustus not to give in to temptation early in the play? (PGTRB 2021)

A) The Old Man

B) The Good Angel

C) Wagner

D) Valdes

Ans: B) The Good Angel

9. Faustus is originally a scholar from which university? (UGC NET 2015)

A) Cambridge

B) Paris

C) Oxford

D) Wittenberg

Ans: D) Wittenberg

10. What do the Good Angel and Bad Angel represent? (PGTRB 2020, UGC NET 2021)

A) Church doctrines

B) Heaven and Hell

C) Faustus's internal conflict

D) Fate and free will

Ans: C) Faustus's internal conflict

11. What is the first thing Faustus asks Mephistopheles for? (UGC NET 2017)

A) A book of spells

B) A demon army

C) A wife

D) A kingdom

Ans: C) A wife

12. Which famous historical figure does Faustus conjure for the Emperor? (PGTRB 2016)

A) Alexander the Great

B) Julius Caesar

C) Aristotle

D) Plato

Ans: A) Alexander the Great

13. Who appears at the end to claim Faustus’s soul? (UGC NET 2018)

A) The Pope

B) Lucifer

C) Chorus

D) The Old Man

Ans: B) Lucifer

14. Faustus is finally dragged to hell at what hour? (UGC NET 2017)

A) Midnight

B) Noon

C) Dawn

D) Twilight

Ans: A) Midnight

15. Which character tries to save Faustus with pleas for repentance near the end? (PGTRB 2022)

A) The Pope

B) Wagner

C) The Old Man

D) Mephistopheles

Ans: C) The Old Man

16. What is Faustus’s final regret before his death? (UGC NET 2020)

A) Not loving Mephistopheles

B) Wasting his magical powers

C) Not having more time

D) His pride

Ans: C) Not having more time

17. "Was this the face that launch’d a thousand ships?" refers to whom? (UGC NET 2016, PGTRB 2019)

A) Dido

B) Venus

C) Cleopatra

D) Helen of Troy

Ans: D) Helen of Troy

18. What does Mephistopheles say about hell? (UGC NET 2017)

A) Hell is just a metaphor

B) Hell is wherever God is not

C) Hell is the church

D) Hell is unknown

Ans: B) Hell is wherever God is not

19. The genre of Doctor Faustus is best described as: (PGTRB 2018, UGC NET 2019)

A) Comedy of Manners

B) Revenge Tragedy

C) Morality Play

D) Domestic Tragedy

Ans: C) Morality Play

20. The Chorus in Doctor Faustus serves the function of: (UGC NET 2021)

A) Providing comic relief

B) Representing Mephistopheles

C) Guiding audience perspective

D) Mocking Faustus

Ans: C) Guiding audience perspective

21. Which classical myth is paralleled with Faustus’s fall? (UGC NET 2016)

A) Prometheus

B) Hercules

C) Icarus

D) Orpheus

Ans: C) Icarus

22. What kind of knowledge is Faustus primarily seeking? (PGTRB 2020)

A) Religious

B) Legal

C) Magical

D) Medical

Ans: C) Magical

23. Why is the pact between Faustus and Lucifer considered tragic? (UGC NET 2017)

A) Because it’s made for wealth

B) Because Faustus is deceived

C) Because it’s irreversible

D) Because Faustus wastes divine potential

Ans: D) Because Faustus wastes divine potential

24. What theme dominates Doctor Faustus? (UGC NET 2018)

A) Social satire

B) Religious ritual

C) Human ambition and fall

D) Superstition

Ans: C) Human ambition and fall

25. What form of sin is Faustus most guilty of? (PGTRB 2016, UGC NET 2017)

A) Lust

B) Sloth

C) Pride

D) Greed

Ans: C) Pride

26. Why does Faustus reject traditional fields of study? (UGC NET 2019)

A) He finds them too difficult

B) He is bored

C) He believes they cannot make him truly powerful

D) He prefers war

Ans: C) He believes they cannot make him truly powerful

27. Who are Valdes and Cornelius? (PGTRB 2018)

A) Teachers of theology

B) Necromancers

C) Church bishops

D) Historians

Ans: B) Necromancers

28. What is Faustus’s attitude toward religion after making the pact? (UGC NET 2020)

A) He becomes devout

B) He mocks and rejects it

C) He returns to theology

D) He is fearful of it

Ans: B) He mocks and rejects it

29. What do Faustus’s final lines express? (UGC NET 2017)

A) Anger at Mephistopheles

B) Hope for salvation

C) Despair and regret

D) Satisfaction with power

Ans: C) Despair and regret

30. The character of Mephistopheles can best be described as: (UGC NET 2021)

A) A loyal servant

B) A trickster

C) A tragic figure

D) A comic foil

Ans: B) A trickster