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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Faustus study as he sits in his studying Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Whether to quit school.
(b) Which friend to ask for advice.
(c) Which way to turn his studies.
(d) Whether to get married.

2. Whom does Mephastophilis say that he serves?
(a) Faustus.
(b) Wagner.
(c) Lucifer.
(d) God.

3. To whom do the scholars pose their question in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Faustus.
(b) Lucifer.
(c) Wagner.
(d) Mephastophilis.

4. Whom do the scholars decide to visit at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Faustus.
(b) Wagner.
(c) Mephastophilis.
(d) The rector.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mephastophilis not want to answer Faustus's questions in Act 1, Scene 3?

2. Whom do the scholars ask about in Act 1, Scene 2?

3. Who speaks in the Prologue?

4. What do the scholars wonder in Act 1, Scene 2?

5. How does Faustus do in his studies?

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