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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 will Robin's book allow him to do?
(a) Travel to hell and back to earth.
(b) Control the weather.
(c) Conjure devils and enchant women to do his bidding.
(d) Obtain knowledge of the universe.

2. What does Lucifer demand of Faustus in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) That Faustus resign the contract.
(b) That Faustus meet the Seven Deadly Sins.
(c) That Mephastophilis answer Faustus's questions.
(d) No more questions about God and heaven.

3. How does Mephastophilis react to Faustus's offer?
(a) He refuses immediately.
(b) He tells Faustus it is a bad idea.
(c) He is interested and returns to hell to see if Lucifer will accept the offer.
(d) He disappears without responding.

4. In Act 2, Scene 3, what does Faustus decide after considering whether he should repent?
(a) He does not make a decision.
(b) To back out of his deal with Lucifer.
(c) To pray for forgiveness.
(d) He cannot go to heaven anyway so he should just use the devil to obtain all of his earthly desires.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Faustus grow up?

2. Why do the scholars feel the way they do about Faustus spending time with Valdes and Cornelius?

3. When does Robin first appear in "Dr. Faustus"?

4. Whom is Faustus waiting for in Act 2, Scene 1?

5. Why is Wagner's first offer of payment so offensive to the Clown?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. At the end of Act 2, Scene 3, what does Faustus ask Lucifer, and how does Lucifer respond?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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