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

2. What is the occupation of Valdes and Cornelius?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Lawyers.
(c) Sorcerers.
(d) Doctors.

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

4. To what does the term "waxen wings" in line 21 of the Prologue allude?
(a) A wax figure.
(b) The fall of Lucifer.
(c) The fall of Icarus.
(d) A wax museum.

5. What do the scholars learn in response to their question in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Their question is unanswered.
(b) That they are being expelled.
(c) That Faustus is at dinner with Valdes and Cornelius.
(d) That Faustus is in class.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Good Angel advise Faustus?

2. What is the name of Faustus's human servant?

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

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

5. Who is the main character in the play?

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