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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In Act 2, Scene 3, what does Faustus decide after considering whether he should repent?
(a) He cannot go to heaven anyway so he should just use the devil to obtain all of his earthly desires.
(b) To pray for forgiveness.
(c) To back out of his deal with Lucifer.
(d) He does not make a decision.
2. What does Faustus question Mephastophilis about in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Hell, heaven, and God.
(b) Nature.
(c) The Good Angel and the Bad Angel.
(d) Books.
3. In Act 2, Scene 2, who owned the object that Robin is carrying before Robin obtained it?
(a) Mephastophilis.
(b) Faustus.
(c) Wagner.
(d) Rafe.
4. What specific topic does Faustus begin to study, according to the Chorus in the Prologue?
(a) Astrology.
(b) Pediatrics.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Necromancy.
5. What does Robin's friend want to use the book for?
(a) He wants to burn the book.
(b) To make a lot of money.
(c) To sleep with a maid he is interested in.
(d) Nothing.
6. Why do the scholars decide to visit someone at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) They want his help with Faustus.
(b) They want to have dinner with him.
(c) They lost their keys.
(d) They need to borrow money.
7. What is the relationship between the scholars and Faustus?
(a) They are enemies.
(b) They are friends.
(c) They live together.
(d) They work together.
8. What deal does Faustus offer Mephastophilis in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) To trade his soul for 24 years of life with Mephastophilis as his servant.
(b) To leave Mephastophilis alone if he will answer Faustus's questions about God and heaven.
(c) To pay Mephastophilis for magical books.
(d) None of these is correct.
9. What does the Good Angel advise Faustus?
(a) To study magic.
(b) To return home to his family.
(c) He does not advise Faustus of anything.
(d) To continue with his regular studies.
10. Why does Faustus react the way that he does to the pending storm?
(a) He is bored.
(b) He is frightened.
(c) He is tired.
(d) He plans to summon a demon.
11. What does Wagner first offer the Clown as payment for his service?
(a) French crowns.
(b) Livestock.
(c) American dollars.
(d) British pounds.
12. When does Robin first appear in "Dr. Faustus"?
(a) At the end of Act 2, Scene 1.
(b) At the end of Act 2, Scene 2.
(c) In Act 3.
(d) At the beginning of Act 2, Scene 2.
13. 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.
14. What does the Bad Angel advise Faustus to do?
(a) Become a member of the clergy.
(b) Study magic.
(c) Continue his regular studies.
(d) He does not advise Faustus of anything.
15. Why do the scholars feel the way they do about Faustus spending time with Valdes and Cornelius?
(a) Because they do not care about Faustus.
(b) Because they are also good friends with Valdes and Cornelius.
(c) Because the scholars do not like Valdes and Cornelius.
(d) Because Valdes and Cornelius are magicians and necromancers.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Faustus very tempted to study in Act 1, Scene 1?
2. What do Faustus and Mephastophilis discuss in Act 2, Scene 3?
3. What does Faustus realize in Act 2, Scene 1?
4. Whom is Faustus waiting for in Act 2, Scene 1?
5. To whom do the scholars pose their question in Act 1, Scene 2?
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