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

2. What is Robin carrying?
(a) A book.
(b) A devil.
(c) A silver goblet.
(d) A woman.

3. What is Faustus waiting to learn in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) If he is going to be expelled.
(b) If he should renege on his offer.
(c) If Lucifer will accept his offer.
(d) If Mephastophilis will kill him.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What must Faustus use to sign the contract?

3. What does Faustus study as he sits in his studying Act 1, Scene 1?

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

5. What does the Good Angel advise Faustus?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after the Angels leave in Act 1, Scene 1?

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

3. How does Rafe feel about Robin's book? Why?

4. What does Robin tell Rafe when Rafe arrives in Act 1, Scene 2?

5. In Act 1, Scene 1, what does Faustus consider studying, and why?

6. What does Wagner tell the scholars about Faustus?

7. What changes does Faustus make in his studies, according to the Chorus in the Prologue?

8. How does the Clown feel about Wagner's offer?

9. What does Faustus think about as he waits in his study for Mephastophilis to return?

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

(see the answer keys)

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