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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Robin's friend feel about Robin's offer?
(a) Ecstatic.
(b) Worried.
(c) Mournful.
(d) Terrified.

2. What is the occupation of Valdes and Cornelius?
(a) Lawyers.
(b) Doctors.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Sorcerers.

3. What do the scholars want Faustus to do?
(a) Quit school.
(b) Help them study.
(c) Loan them money.
(d) Quit his magical studies.

4. Whom do the scholars ask about in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Faustus.
(b) Mephastophilis.
(c) Lucifer.
(d) Wagner.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does the term "waxen wings" in line 21 of the Prologue allude?

2. Why does Mephastophilis not want to answer Faustus's questions in Act 1, Scene 3?

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

4. When do Valdes and Cornelius arrive?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the scholars decide to do at the end of Act 1, Scene 2? Why?

2. What does the Clown do after the devils are gone?

3. What does Wagner do to convince the Clown to yield to his desires?

4. Why do the scholars ask for Faustus, and whom do they ask?

5. How does Mephastophilis respond when Faustus questions him about hell, heaven, and God?

6. What do the devils show Faustus in Act 2, Scene 1?

7. What is Robin carrying at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 2? Why does it make him happy?

8. What does Faustus do as a storm draws near?

9. Why does Lucifer arrive in Act 2, Scene 3? What happens when Lucifer arrives?

10. What happens when Mephastophilis returns in Act 2, Scene 1?

(see the answer keys)

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