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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 Wagner do to convince the Clown to acquiesce to his request?
(a) Offer him more money.
(b) Summons two devils.
(c) Beg him.
(d) He does not try to convince the Clown.

2. What does Wagner want to do in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Kill Faustus.
(b) Summon Mephastophilis.
(c) Sleep with a woman.
(d) Hire the Clown as his servant.

3. When do Valdes and Cornelius arrive?
(a) At the beginning of Act 1, Scene 1.
(b) In the Prologue.
(c) After the Good Angel and the Bad Angel leave Faustus.
(d) In Act 1, Scene 2.

4. How do the scholars feel about Faustus spending time with Valdes and Cornelius?
(a) They do not care.
(b) They do not want to be friends with Faustus anymore.
(c) They are happy.
(d) They are alarmed.

5. Whom do the scholars ask about in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Mephastophilis.
(b) Lucifer.
(c) Faustus.
(d) Wagner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the main character in the play?

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

3. Why do Valdes, Cornelius, and Faustus leave Faustus's home at the end of Act 1, Scene 1?

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

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

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