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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Faustus feel about selling his soul in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Happy.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Frightened.
(d) Regretful.

2. What does the Clown agree to do after the devils leave in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Practice magic.
(b) Work for Faustus.
(c) Go to hell.
(d) Be Wagner's servant.

3. How does Robin's friend feel about Robin's offer?
(a) Mournful.
(b) Worried.
(c) Terrified.
(d) Ecstatic.

4. What does Robin offer his friend?
(a) Death.
(b) Money to keep his secret.
(c) A woman.
(d) A chance to use the book.

5. Why does Mephastophilis leave Faustus?
(a) Because he is tired.
(b) Because it is daylight.
(c) Because Wagner summons him.
(d) Because he is disgusted with the persistent questions about God and heaven.

6. When will Lucifer return to grant Faustus's request?
(a) Midnight.
(b) In a year.
(c) Next month.
(d) On the new moon.

7. What does Lucifer demand of Faustus in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) That Faustus meet the Seven Deadly Sins.
(b) That Mephastophilis answer Faustus's questions.
(c) No more questions about God and heaven.
(d) That Faustus resign the contract.

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

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

10. Why is Faustus tempted to study this?
(a) Because it would make his parents proud.
(b) Because it sounds fun.
(c) Because Wagner suggests it.
(d) Because of the power it would give him.

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

12. What set of books does Faustus ask for?
(a) Books to control the weather.
(b) Books to give him power over all the other demons and knowledge of the entire earth and universe.
(c) Books to summon troops of knights.
(d) Books to control women.

13. What is Robin carrying?
(a) A silver goblet.
(b) A book.
(c) A devil.
(d) A woman.

14. What do Faustus and Mephastophilis discuss in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Hell.
(b) Helen of Troy.
(c) Ancient rulers.
(d) Heaven.

15. What are the names of the devils that appear in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Baliol and Belcher.
(b) Wagner and Faustus.
(c) Mephastophilis and Lucifer.
(d) Rafe and Robin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom is Faustus waiting for in Act 2, Scene 1?

2. Why do the scholars feel the way they do about Faustus spending time with Valdes and Cornelius?

3. When do Valdes and Cornelius arrive?

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

5. What does Faustus ask to see in Act 2, Scene 3?

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