b) provide comic relief
&
d) offer parallels to Faustus's character
are both correct
Usually due to not paying workers enough, especially using workers in developing and poor countries which are desperate and will do work for very little. Big companies can sell cheap clothes but still make a huge profit from paying workers little.
1.loc
2.sign
3.nat
4.cogn
5.ped
I'm not sure about the bonus questions