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

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

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

4. What do the scholars assume Faustus spending time with Valdes and Cornelius means?
(a) That Faustus has made a deal with the devil.
(b) That Faustus is stupid.
(c) That Faustus is quitting school.
(d) That Faustus is performing magic again.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What specific topic does Faustus begin to study, according to the Chorus in the Prologue?

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

4. Why do the scholars feel the way they do about Faustus spending time with Valdes and Cornelius?

5. Who speaks in the Prologue?

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