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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Robin's occupation?

2. What does Mephastophilis tell Faustus when he returns to Faustus's house in Act 2, Scene 1?

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

4. What is the Clown's condition for agreeing to Wagner's request?

5. What does Wagner first offer the Clown as payment for his service?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Faustus's background?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the medieval and Renaissance values that are present in "Dr. Faustus".

Essay Topic 2

Besides Dr. Faustus, who in this play sins? How do they sin? How are they punished?

Essay Topic 3

How does the Old Man represent man's dual nature of good and evil?

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