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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Faustus go to study?
(a) Wittenberg.
(b) London.
(c) Rome.
(d) Rhodes.

3. Whom does Mephastophilis say that he serves?
(a) Wagner.
(b) Lucifer.
(c) God.
(d) Faustus.

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

5. What must Faustus use to sign the contract?
(a) His blood.
(b) A chicken's blood.
(c) A pencil.
(d) A pen.

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

7. What does the Bad Angel tell Faustus in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) That he will go to hell if he does not back out of his deal.
(b) Reminds him of everything he can get out of his deal with the devil.
(c) That he should turn back from his deal.
(d) Nothing.

8. How do the scholars feel about Faustus spending time with Valdes and Cornelius?
(a) They do not care.
(b) They are alarmed.
(c) They do not want to be friends with Faustus anymore.
(d) They are happy.

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

10. What does the Clown think about Wagner's offer?
(a) He does not hear Wagner's offer.
(b) He is not interested in the job.
(c) He is eager to accept Wagner's offer.
(d) He attempts to negotiate his rates.

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

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

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

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

15. What do the scholars learn in response to their question in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) That they are being expelled.
(b) Their question is unanswered.
(c) That Faustus is at dinner with Valdes and Cornelius.
(d) That Faustus is in class.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom does Mephastophilis return to Faustus with in Act 2, Scene 3?

3. What does Wagner first offer the Clown as payment for his service?

4. To whom does Lucifer offer to introduce Faustus?

5. Who appears after Faustus finishes his incantation?

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