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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Faustus waiting to learn in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) If he should renege on his offer.
(b) If Mephastophilis will kill him.
(c) If he is going to be expelled.
(d) If Lucifer will accept his offer.

2. What does Wagner want to do in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Sleep with a woman.
(b) Summon Mephastophilis.
(c) Kill Faustus.
(d) Hire the Clown as his servant.

3. How many scholars appear in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

4. How do the scholars feel about Faustus spending time with Valdes and Cornelius?
(a) They are happy.
(b) They do not want to be friends with Faustus anymore.
(c) They are alarmed.
(d) They do not care.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom do the scholars pose their question in Act 1, Scene 2?

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

3. How does Faustus feel about the benefits of selling his soul?

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

5. What deal does Faustus offer Mephastophilis in Act 1, Scene 3?

(see the answer key)

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