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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Faustus study?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Law.
(c) Divinity.
(d) Philosophy.

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

3. What specific topic does Faustus begin to study, according to the Chorus in the Prologue?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Astrology.
(c) Pediatrics.
(d) Necromancy.

4. Where does Faustus go to study?
(a) Wittenberg.
(b) London.
(c) Rhodes.
(d) Rome.

5. What does Faustus do as a storm approaches?
(a) He draws a magic circle around himself.
(b) He goes to the theater to watch a play.
(c) He goes to sleep.
(d) He hides.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the occupation of Valdes and Cornelius?

2. To whom do the scholars pose their question in Act 1, Scene 2?

3. How many scholars appear in Act 1, Scene 2?

4. What does the Good Angel advise Faustus?

5. What is the relationship between the scholars and Faustus?

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