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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 is the status of Faustus's parents?
(a) Poor.
(b) Royalty.
(c) Homeless.
(d) Rich.

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

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

4. What is Faustus very tempted to study in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Law.
(d) Magic.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What do the scholars want Faustus to do?

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

5. Why is Faustus tempted to study this?

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