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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Faustus's thoughts soon turn away from?
(a) Magic.
(b) Theology.
(c) His family.
(d) Philosophy.

3. Whom do the scholars decide to visit at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Mephastophilis.
(b) Wagner.
(c) The rector.
(d) Faustus.

4. What does Faustus study as he sits in his studying Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Which friend to ask for advice.
(b) Whether to get married.
(c) Whether to quit school.
(d) Which way to turn his studies.

5. Where does Faustus grow up?
(a) London, England.
(b) Rhodes, Germany.
(c) Rome, Italy.
(d) Wittenberg, Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is necromancy?

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

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

4. What does the Bad Angel advise Faustus to do?

5. What do the scholars wonder in Act 1, Scene 2?

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