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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 the Clown think about Wagner's offer?
(a) He is not interested in the job.
(b) He does not hear Wagner's offer.
(c) He is eager to accept Wagner's offer.
(d) He attempts to negotiate his rates.

2. Who speaks in the Prologue?
(a) Good and Bad Angels.
(b) Lucifer.
(c) The chorus.
(d) Faustus.

3. Who is the main character in the play?
(a) Dr. John Faustus.
(b) Mephastophilis.
(c) God.
(d) Lucifer.

4. What are the names of the devils that appear in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Baliol and Belcher.
(b) Wagner and Faustus.
(c) Mephastophilis and Lucifer.
(d) Rafe and Robin.

5. Why do the scholars decide to visit someone at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) They want to have dinner with him.
(b) They lost their keys.
(c) They need to borrow money.
(d) They want his help with Faustus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Faustus offer this deal to Mephastophilis in Act 1, Scene 3?

2. What does Faustus study as he sits in his studying Act 1, Scene 1?

3. What does the Clown agree to do after the devils leave in Act 1, Scene 4?

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

5. What does Wagner want to do in Act 1, Scene 4?

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