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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mephastophilis refuse to continue discussing God and heaven?
(a) Because Lucifer will punish him.
(b) Remembering the happiness of heaven and his time with God is too painful.
(c) Mephastophilis does not refuse to discuss God and heaven.
(d) Because he is afraid Faustus will back out of his deal with Lucifer.

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

3. Whom do the scholars decide to visit at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Wagner.
(b) Faustus.
(c) The rector.
(d) Mephastophilis.

4. How does Faustus feel about the sight of the demon in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) He is disgusted.
(b) He can only hear the demon, not see him.
(c) He is frightened.
(d) He is excited.

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

6. How does Mephastophilis react to Faustus's offer?
(a) He is interested and returns to hell to see if Lucifer will accept the offer.
(b) He disappears without responding.
(c) He refuses immediately.
(d) He tells Faustus it is a bad idea.

7. What does Wagner do to convince the Clown to acquiesce to his request?
(a) Offer him more money.
(b) Summons two devils.
(c) He does not try to convince the Clown.
(d) Beg him.

8. Why do the scholars feel the way they do about Faustus spending time with Valdes and Cornelius?
(a) Because Valdes and Cornelius are magicians and necromancers.
(b) Because the scholars do not like Valdes and Cornelius.
(c) Because they do not care about Faustus.
(d) Because they are also good friends with Valdes and Cornelius.

9. Who shows Faustus the things he has sold his soul for?
(a) Mephastophilis.
(b) A series of devils.
(c) Lucifer.
(d) The Bad Angel.

10. How does the Clown react to the appearance of the devils in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) He runs away.
(b) He dies.
(c) He laughs.
(d) He cries.

11. What does Faustus's thoughts soon turn away from?
(a) His family.
(b) Magic.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Theology.

12. What do the devils do in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Yell at Wagner for summoning them.
(b) Frighten the Clown into submission at Wagner's request.
(c) Kill the Clown.
(d) They refuse to appear.

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

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

15. What is Faustus very tempted to study in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Law.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Magic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Robin intend to use the book for?

2. What does Faustus command Mephastophilis to do?

3. What will Robin's book allow him to do?

4. What specific topic does Faustus begin to study, according to the Chorus in the Prologue?

5. Who tells Faustus that it is not too late to turn back?

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