Doctor Faustus

Question 1

when was it written vs. when was it published?

Answer 1

1588-1592
published 1604 in A text

Question 2

who was Marlowe a contemporary of?

Answer 2

shakespeare

Question 3

who was Marlowe’s contemporary?

Answer 3

Donne

Question 4

this was a part of the development in 1590s of ________ like _______, _______.

Answer 4

English dramas
Shakespeare’s historic plays (King John), Spanish tragedy

Question 5

who was in charge when this was written?

Answer 5

Elizabeth I

Question 6

facts about Elizabeth I

Answer 6

anglican
returned to reformation
no catholics
protestants controlled education
Marlowe was her spy

Question 7

how did Marlowe show Catholicism?

Answer 7

jested with the pope, theology of heaven and hell

Question 8

what way does he imitate greeks and romans?

Answer 8

renaissance humanism

Question 9

what is he coined with creating/ using?

Answer 9

blank verse, unrhymed iambic pentameter

Question 10

considered ____ comedy

Answer 10

low

Question 11

7 deadly sins

Answer 11

PAGGLES
Pride
Anger
Gluttony
Greed
Lust
Envy
Sloth

Question 12

what renaissance desire does the king want to use?

Answer 12

see Alexander the Great
return to the past

Question 13

this story invokes ____ and how

Answer 13

irony
signs with his blood, Faustus’s hubris and his misguided faith in his own mortal powers