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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 is the status of Faustus's parents?
(a) Rich.
(b) Poor.
(c) Royalty.
(d) Homeless.

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

3. What does Wagner first offer the Clown as payment for his service?
(a) French crowns.
(b) American dollars.
(c) British pounds.
(d) Livestock.

4. Why does Mephastophilis leave Faustus?
(a) Because he is tired.
(b) Because it is daylight.
(c) Because Wagner summons him.
(d) Because he is disgusted with the persistent questions about God and heaven.

5. What does Faustus do as a storm approaches?
(a) He goes to the theater to watch a play.
(b) He draws a magic circle around himself.
(c) He hides.
(d) He goes to sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Faustus feel about the sight of the demon in Act 1, Scene 3?

2. What does Robin intend to use the book for?

3. What do Valdes and Cornelius advise Faustus to do?

4. What does the Bad Angel tell Faustus in Act 2, Scene 1?

5. What do the scholars wonder in Act 1, Scene 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is Faustus's background?

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

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

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

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