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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mephastophilis react to Faustus's offer?
(a) He refuses immediately.
(b) He disappears without responding.
(c) He is interested and returns to hell to see if Lucifer will accept the offer.
(d) He tells Faustus it is a bad idea.

2. Who tells Faustus that he can sleep with any woman on earth from any time?
(a) Mephastophilis.
(b) Wagner.
(c) Lucifer.
(d) The Bad Angel.

3. Why does Mephastophilis not want to answer Faustus's questions in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) He hates the topic.
(b) He does not know anything about the topic.
(c) He does not want to remember how happy he was.
(d) He will be punished if he talks about this topic.

4. Who does Faustus want to see to help him choose his course of studies?
(a) Wagner and the Clown.
(b) Mephastophilis.
(c) Good and Bad Angels.
(d) Valdes and Cornelius.

5. What do Faustus and Mephastophilis discuss in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Helen of Troy.
(b) Hell.
(c) Ancient rulers.
(d) Heaven.

6. What does the Bad Angel tell Faustus in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) That he should turn back from his deal.
(b) That he will go to hell if he does not back out of his deal.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Reminds him of everything he can get out of his deal with the devil.

7. Who tells Faustus that it is not too late to turn back?
(a) The Bad Angel.
(b) God.
(c) Wagner.
(d) The Good Angel.

8. To whom do the scholars pose their question in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Mephastophilis.
(b) Wagner.
(c) Faustus.
(d) Lucifer.

9. What is necromancy?
(a) The magical art of raising the dead.
(b) The art of summoning demons.
(c) Speaking to the devil.
(d) A relationship with God.

10. What is the status of Faustus's parents?
(a) Homeless.
(b) Poor.
(c) Rich.
(d) Royalty.

11. What is the Clown's condition for agreeing to Wagner's request?
(a) Wagner must pay him more.
(b) Wagner must introduce him to Helen of Troy.
(c) Wagner must teach him to summon devils too.
(d) Wagner must never summon devils again.

12. Why does Faustus offer this deal to Mephastophilis in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) He is frightened of Mephastophilis.
(b) In order to have the demon at his beck and call.
(c) He is eager to learn magic.
(d) He does not offer a deal.

13. How does Robin's friend feel about Robin's offer?
(a) Mournful.
(b) Ecstatic.
(c) Terrified.
(d) Worried.

14. What deal does Faustus offer Mephastophilis in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) None of these is correct.
(b) To pay Mephastophilis for magical books.
(c) To trade his soul for 24 years of life with Mephastophilis as his servant.
(d) To leave Mephastophilis alone if he will answer Faustus's questions about God and heaven.

15. What does Faustus realize in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) That he loves God too much to offer his soul to the devil.
(b) That he does not want to study magic.
(c) That he did something immoral by offering his soul to the devil.
(d) That Mephastophilis is not powerful enough to be a helpful servant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Faustus question Mephastophilis about in Act 1, Scene 3?

2. Whom does Mephastophilis say that he serves?

3. What does the Good Angel advise Faustus?

4. Whom do the scholars decide to visit at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?

5. Why do the scholars decide to visit someone at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?

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