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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the first set of books that Mephastophilis gives Faustus allow Faustus to do?
(a) Control the weather and summon troops of knights.
(b) Give him power over all the other demons and knowledge of the universe.
(c) Control women.
(d) Go anywhere he wants by thinking about the place.

2. What does Faustus question Mephastophilis about in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Nature.
(b) The Good Angel and the Bad Angel.
(c) Books.
(d) Hell, heaven, and God.

3. Where does Faustus grow up?
(a) Rome, Italy.
(b) Wittenberg, Germany.
(c) London, England.
(d) Rhodes, Germany.

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

5. What do the scholars want Faustus to do?
(a) Loan them money.
(b) Quit school.
(c) Quit his magical studies.
(d) Help them study.

6. How does Robin feel about his new acquisition?
(a) Angry.
(b) Happy.
(c) Sad.
(d) Scared.

7. What does Faustus command Mephastophilis to do?
(a) Summon the Seven Deadly Sins.
(b) Act as his servant.
(c) Introduce him to Lucifer.
(d) Give him powers.

8. In Act 2, Scene 2, who owned the object that Robin is carrying before Robin obtained it?
(a) Wagner.
(b) Mephastophilis.
(c) Rafe.
(d) Faustus.

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

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

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

12. Who is Robin's friend that enters in the middle of Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Faustus.
(b) Rafe.
(c) Lucifer.
(d) Wagner.

13. Why do the Good and Bad Angels come to Faustus?
(a) They do not visit Faustus.
(b) Because they are friends.
(c) To give him advice.
(d) To torment him.

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

15. What does the Clown beg Wagner to do about the devils in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Pay him more.
(c) Send them away.
(d) Summon Helen of Troy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the names of the devils that appear in Act 1, Scene 4?

2. Who appears after Faustus finishes his incantation?

3. What does the Good Angel advise Faustus?

4. What is Robin's occupation?

5. What does Faustus realize in Act 2, Scene 1?

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