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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the scholars wonder in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Why Faustus is angry with them.
(b) Why God made death.
(c) Who Mephastophilis is.
(d) Where Faustus has gone.

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

3. Who is the main character in the play?
(a) God.
(b) Lucifer.
(c) Dr. John Faustus.
(d) Mephastophilis.

4. What does Faustus command Mephastophilis to do in Act 4, Scene 3?
(a) Kill the Duke of Vanholt.
(b) Summon Helen of Troy.
(c) Get the best grapes that the Duchess of Vanholt has ever tasted.
(d) Summon Alexander the Great.

5. To whom do the scholars pose their question in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Wagner.
(b) Faustus.
(c) Lucifer.
(d) Mephastophilis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Faustus's thoughts soon turn away from?

2. How many scholars appear in Act 1, Scene 2?

3. Why does the Horse-Courser return soaking wet?

4. What is the occupation of Valdes and Cornelius?

5. What does Faustus study?

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