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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Faustus study?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Divinity.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Law.

4. Who is the main character in the play?
(a) God.
(b) Dr. John Faustus.
(c) Lucifer.
(d) Mephastophilis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the status of Faustus's parents?

2. What does Faustus command Mephastophilis to do?

3. Who speaks in the Prologue?

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

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

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