Doctor Faustus (Marlowe) Study Guide

1. Marlowe lived during

• the sixteenth century
• the eighteenth century
• the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries
• the fifteenth century

2. <i>The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus</i> was written in

• the 1340-50s
• the 1580-90s
• the 1620-40s
• 1601

3. Marlowe's most notable contemporary was

• William Shakespeare
• Daniel Webster
• John Milton
• Herman Melville

4. The reigning English monarch during Marlowe's whole life was

• Elizabeth I
• Mary Bonaparte
• Louis XIV
• Henry VIII

5. During his time at Corpus Christi College in Cambride, Marlowe apparently once planned to

• take holy orders
• join the foreign legion
• become a diplomat
• become a carpenter

6. Historical evidence suggests that Marlowe worked for the government as a

• spy
• theological advisor
• engineer
• sign painter

7. Marlowe originally went to London to work as a(n)

• playwright
• actor
• director
• producer

8. Marlowe's first play was

• <i>The Jew of Malta</i>
• <i>Dido, Queen of Carthage</i>
• <i>Tamburlaine, Part I</i>
• <i>Doctor Faustus</i>

9. Marlowe died

• both under suspicious circumstances and violently
• under suspicious circumstances
• violently
• in bed

10. After his death, accusations surfaced, alleging that Marlowe was

• a Catholic
• a misogynist
• an atheist
• an Irishman