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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where does Faustus go to study?

4. What do the scholars assume Faustus spending time with Valdes and Cornelius means?

5. What does the Good Angel advise Faustus?

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