Doctor Faustus | Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Prologue

1. Who speaks in the Prologue?

2. Who is the main character in the play?

3. Where does Faustus grow up?

4. What is the status of Faustus's parents?

5. Where does Faustus go to study?

6. What does Faustus study?

7. How does Faustus do in his studies?

8. What does Faustus's thoughts soon turn away from?

9. What general topic does Faustus begin to study while neglecting his former studies, according to the Chorus in the Prologue?

10. What specific topic does Faustus begin to study, according to the Chorus in the Prologue?

11. What is necromancy?

12. To what does the term "waxen wings" in line 21 of the...
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