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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 do the scholars wonder in Act 1, Scene 2?

2. What is the name of Faustus's human servant?

3. Who tells Faustus that he can sleep with any woman on earth from any time?

4. What does Robin's friend want to use the book for?

5. Why does Faustus react the way that he does to the pending storm?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Faustus ask for at the end of Act 2, Scene 1?

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

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

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

8. Why do the scholars ask for Faustus, and whom do they ask?

9. Why does Lucifer arrive in Act 2, Scene 3? What happens when Lucifer arrives?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What events foreshadow Faustus's eventual damnation?

Essay Topic 2

Why is Latin used in "Dr. Faustus"? Which characters speak Latin, and what does this signify about them?

Essay Topic 3

"Dr. Faustus" employs different styles of writing. When is blank verse used? When is rhymed verse used? Which characters speak in blank verse? Which characters speak in rhymed verse? What does the use of different writing styles signify within the text?

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