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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who arrives to vie for Faustus's soul in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) God and Lucifer.
(b) The Good and Bad Angels.
(c) Mephastophilis.
(d) The Old Man.

2. What do the scholars assume Faustus spending time with Valdes and Cornelius means?
(a) That Faustus is stupid.
(b) That Faustus has made a deal with the devil.
(c) That Faustus is quitting school.
(d) That Faustus is performing magic again.

3. Who returns to the room, singing a dirge, in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Friars.
(b) Wagner.
(c) Faustus.
(d) The Pope.

4. Who speaks in the Prologue?
(a) The chorus.
(b) Faustus.
(c) Lucifer.
(d) Good and Bad Angels.

5. In Act 2, Scene 3, what does Faustus decide after considering whether he should repent?
(a) He does not make a decision.
(b) To back out of his deal with Lucifer.
(c) To pray for forgiveness.
(d) He cannot go to heaven anyway so he should just use the devil to obtain all of his earthly desires.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Faustus grow up?

2. Who does Faustus say retrieved the grapes?

3. When do Wagner and the Clown enter "Dr. Faustus" together?

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

5. What is necromancy?

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