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

2. What do the scholars wonder in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Why Faustus is angry with them.
(b) Who Mephastophilis is.
(c) Where Faustus has gone.
(d) Why God made death.

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

4. 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 need to borrow money.
(c) They lost their keys.
(d) They want to have dinner with him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who speaks in the Prologue?

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

3. How does Faustus feel about the sight of the demon in Act 1, Scene 3?

4. Whom do the scholars decide to visit at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?

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

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