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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 relationship between the scholars and Faustus?
(a) They work together.
(b) They live together.
(c) They are friends.
(d) They are enemies.

2. What does Robin offer his friend?
(a) Money to keep his secret.
(b) Death.
(c) A chance to use the book.
(d) A woman.

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

4. How did Robin obtain the object that he is carrying in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Bought it.
(b) Stole it.
(c) Found it.
(d) Inherited it.

5. What is necromancy?
(a) The art of summoning demons.
(b) Speaking to the devil.
(c) A relationship with God.
(d) The magical art of raising the dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Faustus very tempted to study in Act 1, Scene 1?

2. How does Robin's friend feel about Robin's offer?

3. Who speaks in the Prologue?

4. How does Mephastophilis react to Faustus's offer?

5. How does Faustus feel about selling his soul in Act 2, Scene 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the meaning behind the allusion of "waxen wings" in line 21 of the Prologue?

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

3. What are Wagner and the Clown discussing at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 4?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Describe Faustus's studies, according to the Chorus in the Prologue.

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