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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Faustus offer this deal to Mephastophilis in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) He does not offer a deal.
(b) He is eager to learn magic.
(c) In order to have the demon at his beck and call.
(d) He is frightened of Mephastophilis.

2. What will Robin's book allow him to do?
(a) Control the weather.
(b) Travel to hell and back to earth.
(c) Conjure devils and enchant women to do his bidding.
(d) Obtain knowledge of the universe.

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

4. What does Wagner want to do in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Summon Mephastophilis.
(b) Sleep with a woman.
(c) Hire the Clown as his servant.
(d) Kill Faustus.

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

6. Who tells Faustus that he can sleep with any woman on earth from any time?
(a) The Bad Angel.
(b) Wagner.
(c) Mephastophilis.
(d) Lucifer.

7. What does Mephastophilis tell Faustus when he returns to Faustus's house in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) That Lucifer will accept the deal for Faustus's soul.
(b) That he will answer his questions about God and heaven.
(c) That Faustus is a fool.
(d) That Lucifer refuses his offer.

8. What specific topic does Faustus begin to study, according to the Chorus in the Prologue?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Necromancy.
(c) Pediatrics.
(d) Astrology.

9. What does Faustus study?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Divinity.
(d) Law.

10. What does Faustus realize in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) That he does not want to study magic.
(b) That he loves God too much to offer his soul to the devil.
(c) That Mephastophilis is not powerful enough to be a helpful servant.
(d) That he did something immoral by offering his soul to the devil.

11. When does Robin first appear in "Dr. Faustus"?
(a) At the end of Act 2, Scene 2.
(b) In Act 3.
(c) At the beginning of Act 2, Scene 2.
(d) At the end of Act 2, Scene 1.

12. How many scholars appear in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

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

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

15. How does Faustus do in his studies?
(a) Financially well.
(b) Very poorly.
(c) He quits.
(d) Mediocre.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act 2, Scene 2, who owned the object that Robin is carrying before Robin obtained it?

2. Whom is Faustus waiting for in Act 2, Scene 1?

3. What does Faustus command Mephastophilis to do?

4. Why is Faustus tempted to study this?

5. Why does Mephastophilis refuse to continue discussing God and heaven?

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