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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. Why do the scholars feel the way they do about Faustus spending time with Valdes and Cornelius?
(a) Because the scholars do not like Valdes and Cornelius.
(b) Because Valdes and Cornelius are magicians and necromancers.
(c) Because they do not care about Faustus.
(d) Because they are also good friends with Valdes and Cornelius.

2. Who speaks in the Prologue?
(a) Lucifer.
(b) The chorus.
(c) Good and Bad Angels.
(d) Faustus.

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

4. Who appears after Faustus finishes his incantation?
(a) The Bad Angel.
(b) Lucifer.
(c) Mephastophilis.
(d) The Good Angel.

5. What does Faustus do as a storm approaches?
(a) He hides.
(b) He goes to sleep.
(c) He draws a magic circle around himself.
(d) He goes to the theater to watch a play.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Faustus very tempted to study in Act 1, Scene 1?

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

3. What is the relationship between the scholars and Faustus?

4. What does Faustus study?

5. To what does the term "waxen wings" in line 21 of the Prologue allude?

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