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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Faustus command the demon to reappear as?
(a) A book.
(b) An angel.
(c) A pretty woman.
(d) A Franciscan friar.

2. What is Faustus waiting to learn in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) If he is going to be expelled.
(b) If Mephastophilis will kill him.
(c) If Lucifer will accept his offer.
(d) If he should renege on his offer.

3. Why do Valdes, Cornelius, and Faustus leave Faustus's home at the end of Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) To find women.
(b) To practice their magical skills.
(c) They stay at Faustus's house.
(d) To attend a play.

4. Whom is Faustus waiting for in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Mephastophilis.
(b) Lucifer.
(c) The Bad Angel.
(d) The Good Angel.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the scholars learn in response to their question in Act 1, Scene 2?

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

4. Why do the Good and Bad Angels come to Faustus?

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

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