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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) Control the weather.
(b) Travel to hell and back to earth.
(c) Obtain knowledge of the universe.
(d) Conjure devils and enchant women to do his bidding.

2. What does Robin intend to use the book for?
(a) To make thunderstorms.
(b) To find a wife.
(c) To offer his soul to Lucifer.
(d) To make women dance naked in front of him and pleasure him.

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

4. How do the scholars feel about Faustus spending time with Valdes and Cornelius?
(a) They are alarmed.
(b) They do not want to be friends with Faustus anymore.
(c) They do not care.
(d) They are happy.

5. Who is the main character in the play?
(a) God.
(b) Mephastophilis.
(c) Dr. John Faustus.
(d) Lucifer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wagner want to do in Act 1, Scene 4?

2. Who is Robin's friend that enters in the middle of Act 2, Scene 2?

3. What do the first set of books that Mephastophilis gives Faustus allow Faustus to do?

4. Why do Valdes, Cornelius, and Faustus leave Faustus's home at the end of Act 1, Scene 1?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Wagner tell the scholars about Faustus?

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

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

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

6. How do the scholars feel about what Faustus is doing in Act 1, Scene 1? Why?

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

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

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

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

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