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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What do the devils do in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Kill the Clown.
(b) Frighten the Clown into submission at Wagner's request.
(c) They refuse to appear.
(d) Yell at Wagner for summoning them.

4. What is the Clown's condition for agreeing to Wagner's request?
(a) Wagner must teach him to summon devils too.
(b) Wagner must introduce him to Helen of Troy.
(c) Wagner must pay him more.
(d) Wagner must never summon devils again.

5. What do Valdes and Cornelius advise Faustus to do?
(a) Get married.
(b) Study magic.
(c) Quit school.
(d) Continue his normal studies.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Faustus question Mephastophilis about in Act 1, Scene 3?

3. How do the scholars feel about Faustus spending time with Valdes and Cornelius?

4. What do the scholars learn in response to their question in Act 1, Scene 2?

5. What do the scholars wonder in Act 1, Scene 2?

(see the answer key)

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