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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) Worried.
(b) Ecstatic.
(c) Mournful.
(d) Terrified.

2. What do Valdes and Cornelius advise Faustus to do?
(a) Continue his normal studies.
(b) Quit school.
(c) Get married.
(d) Study magic.

3. When do Wagner and the Clown enter "Dr. Faustus" together?
(a) At the end of Act 1, Scene 3.
(b) At the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1.
(c) At the beginning of Act 1, Scene 4.
(d) At the end of Act 1, Scene 4.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who speaks in the Prologue?

2. In Act 2, Scene 3, what does Faustus decide after considering whether he should repent?

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

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

5. Why do the Good and Bad Angels come to Faustus?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Robin intend to use Faustus's book for?

4. How does Faustus react to the Good and Bad Angels' fight for his soul?

5. How does Faustus feel about the Seven Deadly Sins?

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

7. In Act 1, Scene 1, what does Faustus send Wagner to do, and why?

8. What happens when the Good Angel and Bad Angel appear in Act 1, Scene 1?

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

10. What does Faustus ask for at the end of Act 2, Scene 1?

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