Question

Read the lines from Scene XIII of Doctor Faustus and answer the question.

Faust. One thing, good servant, let me crave of thee,

To glut the longing of my heart's desire,

That I might have unto my paramour

That heavenly Helen ....

Faustus wants Helen to be his paramour, or lover, because_____

and______.

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

1. the sight of her will leave him "Happy and blest...evermore"

2.her "sweet embracings may extinguish clean" his fears about his vow

3.she is "fairer than the evening air / Clad in the beauty of a thousand stars"

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4.other scholars will be "much beholding unto him for a glimpse of the "peerless dame of Greece"

Answer 1

2.her "sweet embracings may extinguish clean" his fears about his vow

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Option 2 is the correct answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Tragical History of Life and Dead of Dr. Faustus was composed by Christopher Marlow. As said in the question, the excerpt belongs to scene XIII, which is also the last one. Even though the speaker mentions all the other options (which could make all the answers correct), the line that follows the given excerpt continues by saying "...which I saw of slate,/Whose sweet embraces may extinguish clean...", making this option the correct one.