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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. Who tells Faustus that it is not too late to turn back?
(a) God.
(b) The Good Angel.
(c) The Bad Angel.
(d) Wagner.

2. What does the Clown agree to do after the devils leave in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Go to hell.
(b) Work for Faustus.
(c) Practice magic.
(d) Be Wagner's servant.

3. What deal does Faustus offer Mephastophilis in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) To leave Mephastophilis alone if he will answer Faustus's questions about God and heaven.
(b) To trade his soul for 24 years of life with Mephastophilis as his servant.
(c) To pay Mephastophilis for magical books.
(d) None of these is correct.

4. Why do the scholars decide to visit someone at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) They need to borrow money.
(b) They lost their keys.
(c) They want his help with Faustus.
(d) They want to have dinner with him.

5. What do the first set of books that Mephastophilis gives Faustus allow Faustus to do?
(a) Give him power over all the other demons and knowledge of the universe.
(b) Control the weather and summon troops of knights.
(c) Control women.
(d) Go anywhere he wants by thinking about the place.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who shows Faustus the things he has sold his soul for?

2. Whom does Mephastophilis say that he serves?

3. Where does Faustus go to study?

4. What is the occupation of Valdes and Cornelius?

5. What does Faustus realize in Act 2, Scene 1?

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