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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When do Valdes and Cornelius arrive?
(a) In the Prologue.
(b) At the beginning of Act 1, Scene 1.
(c) In Act 1, Scene 2.
(d) After the Good Angel and the Bad Angel leave Faustus.

2. Why do the Good and Bad Angels come to Faustus?
(a) They do not visit Faustus.
(b) Because they are friends.
(c) To torment him.
(d) To give him advice.

3. What specific topic does Faustus begin to study, according to the Chorus in the Prologue?
(a) Necromancy.
(b) Pediatrics.
(c) Astrology.
(d) Socrates.

4. Why does Mephastophilis not want to answer Faustus's questions in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) He hates the topic.
(b) He will be punished if he talks about this topic.
(c) He does not want to remember how happy he was.
(d) He does not know anything about the topic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom do the scholars decide to visit at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?

2. What does the Bad Angel tell Faustus in Act 2, Scene 1?

3. How do the scholars feel about Faustus spending time with Valdes and Cornelius?

4. Who tells Faustus that it is not too late to turn back?

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

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