Act III

Question 1

act 3, scene 1 summary

Answer 1

Faustus and Mephistopheles go to Rome and make fun of the pope

Question 2

‘whose ________ ______ is in belly cheer’ 3,1

Answer 2

summum bonum

Question 3

what does ‘summun bonum’ mean? 3,1

Answer 3

greatest good

Question 4

what technique is ‘summum bonum is in belly cheer’ 3,1 and what is its effect?

Answer 4

bathos - ridicules the Catholic Church

Question 5

what did Marlowe criticise about the catholic church?

Answer 5

the corruption of the catholic church

Question 6

examples of farcical elements in 3,1?

Answer 6

• ‘(snatching the dish)’
• ‘(snatching the cup)’
• slapstick comedy

Question 7

what is the significance of Faustus’ great deeds happening offstage, and his more childish ones happening onstage?

Answer 7

presents magic as foolish and childish to warn a contemporary audience of participating in it

Question 8

‘he now is gone to prove ___________’ 3,1

Answer 8

cosmography

Question 9

what does the Popes focus on titles (‘cardinal’ ‘my lord’ ‘bishop’) suggest about the Catholic Church

Answer 9

greedy and partaking in gluttony

Question 10

1570 context

Answer 10

Elizabeth I excommunicated

Question 11

1572 context

Answer 11

St Bartholomew’s day massacre

Question 12

1586 context

Answer 12

Babington plot

Question 13

1588 context

Answer 13

Spanish armada

Question 14

sale of indulgences context

Answer 14

monetary gifts in exchange for forgiveness of sin