Doctor Faustus - scene 1

Question 1

How might Faustus be seen as blasphemous?

Accepted Answer

In other words, he wishes to be Jesus Christ / God., Popular image of Christ as physician late Middle-Ages, Early Modern Period, F'd've considered medicine had he been able to raise people from the dead, In the New Testament, Jesus Christ raised people from the dead.

Question 2

This shows Faustus’s pride, the same kind of pride that caused Lucifer to be cast out of heaven.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

Since he is so proficient in the art of debates, he arranges the extract from the Bible to suit his purpose.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

However, he fails to see that

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His conjuring a demon doesn’t belong to the same kind of spirituality., There always is a bigger picture., His views are biased, temporary and only serve his ongoing purpose., His magic is very diff from the spirituality which defines money as trash

Question 5

Tick the right statements

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Faustus, in rejecting God, rejects the figure called a 'father in heaven', He also rejects the spiritual inheritance which Christianity has to offer., 1 of them concerns values, the other, inheritance from father to son., The cases he looks at can be seen as metaphors for Faustus's position.

Question 6

Faustus forgets to mention

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‘but the gift of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord’

Question 7

Some critics say that this creates the impression that he has no control over what he is doing

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

Once again, Faustus fails to see something and here, it is

Accepted Answer

repentance and mercy

Question 9

Tick the right statements

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Hwr, they also have a presence as actual entities, real angels on stage., or the opposing sides of Faustus' own conscience., They can be seen as symbolizing the opposing pulls of sin and repentance

Question 10

What does Faustus fail to see? That

Accepted Answer

his interpretation of magic is a spirituality, believing in the unknown, information is also knowledge, the only way to do away w/ Mism is to lead a truly virtuous Christian life, his desire to control the M world contradicts his disgust of all things M

Question 11

He wants sthg more than money or fame, it would seem: sthg that will challenge the boundaries of what counts as human:

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True

Question 12

Faustus’s opinion of Aristotle is that

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the goal of his logic is to debate well without making errors of logic.

Question 13

Scene 1 of Doctor Faustus just like the chorus

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disposes of what will no longer be relevant, presents Faustus wrestling with a problem, shows Faustus’s aspirations

Question 14

The good & evil angel engage in a brief dialogue: they try to persuade Faustus to follow diametrically opposite courses.

Accepted Answer

The Angels are best seen as genuine visitations, Like a chara in a MP, F only hears last speaker = evil angel: promise of pw, Some interpret them as outward symbols of Faustus's own inner struggle, others believe they are allegories of his divided mental processes.

Question 15

The 2nd ‘old knowledge’ Faustus debunks is medicine. In his soliloquy, medicine is embodied by Galen, a Greek physician

Accepted Answer

His theory of the ‘humours’ still dominated medical practices in the 1590's, To Faustus, the purpose of medicine is to make money and become famous.

Question 16

The chorus clearly addresses the audience while scene 1 reveals Faustus inner thoughts

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

The Greek phrase ‘on kai me’

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means ‘being and not being’ in Greek, is attributed to Aristotle, is pronounced Oeconomy, is linked to domestic management

Question 18

Tick the right statements

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Flaws in F's reasoning: obvious. Reads incomplete fragments from Bible, According to him, their knowledge became ‘common’ with the printing press, The speech sounds more like a ritual of farewell than an argument., Rejects achievements of past thinkers bc they R 2 material & there4 petty

Question 19

In turning to black magic,

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He acknowledges how hugely excited he is at the prospect of worldly power, He assumes that his own imagination will be enough to make him a demigod

Question 20

Roman emperor Justinian wrote a book, Corpus Juris. It reformed the legal code. In Institutes, it is mentioned that

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

Faustus can be compared to Prometheus as long as

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He is about to defy the hierarchical Great Chain of Beings, Great Chain of Beings (Scala naturae): 1 can't, mustn't transcend barriers, He wishes to go beyond the boundaries of Nature, He has set his mind to defying God

Doctor Faustus - scene 1

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Doctor Faustus - scene 1

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