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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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) Be Wagner's servant.
(d) Go to hell.

3. Whom is Faustus waiting for in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Mephastophilis.
(b) The Good Angel.
(c) The Bad Angel.
(d) Lucifer.

4. What does Faustus do as a storm approaches?
(a) He goes to the theater to watch a play.
(b) He hides.
(c) He draws a magic circle around himself.
(d) He goes to sleep.

5. What do the scholars assume Faustus spending time with Valdes and Cornelius means?
(a) That Faustus is stupid.
(b) That Faustus is performing magic again.
(c) That Faustus has made a deal with the devil.
(d) That Faustus is quitting school.

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

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

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

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

10. What does Wagner first offer the Clown as payment for his service?
(a) French crowns.
(b) British pounds.
(c) Livestock.
(d) American dollars.

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

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

13. What is the status of Faustus's parents?
(a) Rich.
(b) Royalty.
(c) Homeless.
(d) Poor.

14. What does Faustus study as he sits in his studying Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Whether to get married.
(b) Whether to quit school.
(c) Which way to turn his studies.
(d) Which friend to ask for advice.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Robin's friend that enters in the middle of Act 2, Scene 2?

2. What does Faustus command the demon to reappear as?

3. What does the Good Angel advise Faustus?

4. When do Wagner and the Clown enter "Dr. Faustus" together?

5. Where does Faustus go to study?

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