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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Whom is Faustus waiting for in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) The Good Angel.
(b) Lucifer.
(c) The Bad Angel.
(d) Mephastophilis.
2. How does Faustus feel about the benefits of selling his soul?
(a) Like he has betrayed God.
(b) Terrified.
(c) Apprehensive.
(d) Overjoyed because he can truly enjoy life now.
3. How does Faustus do in his studies?
(a) He quits.
(b) Mediocre.
(c) Financially well.
(d) Very poorly.
4. Where does Faustus grow up?
(a) Rome, Italy.
(b) Wittenberg, Germany.
(c) London, England.
(d) Rhodes, Germany.
5. What is necromancy?
(a) The art of summoning demons.
(b) Speaking to the devil.
(c) The magical art of raising the dead.
(d) A relationship with God.
6. What does Robin offer his friend?
(a) Money to keep his secret.
(b) Death.
(c) A chance to use the book.
(d) A woman.
7. What is Robin carrying?
(a) A silver goblet.
(b) A book.
(c) A devil.
(d) A woman.
8. How does Robin feel about his new acquisition?
(a) Angry.
(b) Scared.
(c) Happy.
(d) Sad.
9. What must Faustus use to sign the contract?
(a) A pencil.
(b) His blood.
(c) A chicken's blood.
(d) A pen.
10. What specific topic does Faustus begin to study, according to the Chorus in the Prologue?
(a) Necromancy.
(b) Pediatrics.
(c) Astrology.
(d) Socrates.
11. Whom do the scholars decide to visit at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Wagner.
(b) Faustus.
(c) Mephastophilis.
(d) The rector.
12. When will Lucifer return to grant Faustus's request?
(a) On the new moon.
(b) Midnight.
(c) In a year.
(d) Next month.
13. When do Valdes and Cornelius arrive?
(a) In Act 1, Scene 2.
(b) After the Good Angel and the Bad Angel leave Faustus.
(c) In the Prologue.
(d) At the beginning of Act 1, Scene 1.
14. Who does Faustus want to see to help him choose his course of studies?
(a) Wagner and the Clown.
(b) Good and Bad Angels.
(c) Mephastophilis.
(d) Valdes and Cornelius.
15. How many scholars appear in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the Bad Angel advise Faustus to do?
2. What do the scholars learn in response to their question in Act 1, Scene 2?
3. What does Faustus study as he sits in his studying Act 1, Scene 1?
4. Why does Faustus offer this deal to Mephastophilis in Act 1, Scene 3?
5. What does Wagner do to convince the Clown to acquiesce to his request?
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