Doctor Faustus
SGQs Act 4
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Directions: On a separate piece of paper please answer the following questions in complete sentences.
1. Describe the world’s perception of Dr. Faustus.
2. With whom is Faustus visiting now? Why?
3. What might Benvolio’s sleepiness and doubtful words imply about Dr. Faustus?
4. Why does Charles V ask Dr. Faustus to conjure Alexander the Great and his Paramour?
5. Name two reasons Faustus makes good on Benvolio’s threat.
6. Describe Benvolio’s, Martino’s, and Frederick’s intentions at the beginning of scene iii.
7. Discuss the significance of Benvolio’s metaphor when he says, “the devil’s alive again!”
8. Compare Faustus’ choice with Benvolio’s vow, “We’ll rather die with grief than live with shame.”
9. To what human weakness does the Horse- courser fall victim? How does this “fool” parallel Faustus
himself?
10. What is significant about the fact that Faustus uses passive voice when he says, “What art thou,
Faustus, but a man condemned to die?”
11. In scene vi, the Carter discloses that Faustus has eaten all the Carter’s hay. What might be the
symbolism here?
12. How might the “enchanted castle in the air” erected by Faustus for the Duke of Vanholt be
metaphoric?