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

2. What does Mephastophilis tell Faustus when he returns to Faustus's house in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) That Lucifer will accept the deal for Faustus's soul.
(b) That Lucifer refuses his offer.
(c) That he will answer his questions about God and heaven.
(d) That Faustus is a fool.

3. What does Faustus realize in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) That he loves God too much to offer his soul to the devil.
(b) That he did something immoral by offering his soul to the devil.
(c) That he does not want to study magic.
(d) That Mephastophilis is not powerful enough to be a helpful servant.

4. What does Wagner first offer the Clown as payment for his service?
(a) Livestock.
(b) British pounds.
(c) American dollars.
(d) French crowns.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Faustus waiting to learn in Act 2, Scene 1?

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

3. Why does Faustus react the way that he does to the pending storm?

4. Why is Wagner's first offer of payment so offensive to the Clown?

5. Where does Faustus grow up?

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