Read the excerpt below and answer the question. "what, are you crossing of yourself? well, use that trick no more i would advise you." (scene 7, lines 72-73). why does faustus tell the pope to stop crossing himself? faustus is frightened of religious symbols. the pope looks foolish crossing himself. the sign of the cross has no effect on faustus. faustus is offended by religious symbols.

The correct answer is Faustus is frightened of religious symbols.

Explanation:

Faustus feels threatened by the Pope when crossing himself, and threatens him by warning not to do it again.

The Pope does it again, and Faustus gives him a second threat, telling him not to do it a third time.

Apparently, Faustus only manages to threaten the Pope to stop doing that because it causes him terror, but he can do nothing more than try to scare him, and see if he gets him to stop.

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