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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the scholars assume Faustus spending time with Valdes and Cornelius means?
(a) That Faustus is quitting school.
(b) That Faustus has made a deal with the devil.
(c) That Faustus is performing magic again.
(d) That Faustus is stupid.

2. When will Lucifer return to grant Faustus's request?
(a) Next month.
(b) On the new moon.
(c) In a year.
(d) Midnight.

3. What do the devils do in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Frighten the Clown into submission at Wagner's request.
(b) Yell at Wagner for summoning them.
(c) They refuse to appear.
(d) Kill the Clown.

4. What does Robin offer his friend?
(a) Death.
(b) Money to keep his secret.
(c) A chance to use the book.
(d) A woman.

5. Why does Mephastophilis leave Faustus?
(a) Because he is tired.
(b) Because it is daylight.
(c) Because Wagner summons him.
(d) Because he is disgusted with the persistent questions about God and heaven.

6. What is Robin carrying?
(a) A silver goblet.
(b) A devil.
(c) A woman.
(d) A book.

7. What is Robin's occupation?
(a) Comedian.
(b) Scholar.
(c) Horse-Courser.
(d) Ostler.

8. Who is Robin's friend that enters in the middle of Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Rafe.
(b) Faustus.
(c) Lucifer.
(d) Wagner.

9. What does the Bad Angel advise Faustus to do?
(a) Continue his regular studies.
(b) Become a member of the clergy.
(c) He does not advise Faustus of anything.
(d) Study magic.

10. When does Robin first appear in "Dr. Faustus"?
(a) At the end of Act 2, Scene 1.
(b) At the end of Act 2, Scene 2.
(c) In Act 3.
(d) At the beginning of Act 2, Scene 2.

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

12. Whom do the scholars ask about in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Wagner.
(b) Faustus.
(c) Lucifer.
(d) Mephastophilis.

13. What do the scholars want Faustus to do?
(a) Quit school.
(b) Help them study.
(c) Loan them money.
(d) Quit his magical studies.

14. What does Robin intend to use the book for?
(a) To make women dance naked in front of him and pleasure him.
(b) To make thunderstorms.
(c) To find a wife.
(d) To offer his soul to Lucifer.

15. What does Faustus consider in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Praying for forgiveness.
(b) Killing himself.
(c) Backing out of his deal with the devil.
(d) Asking to meet the Seven Deadly Sins.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Robin feel about his new acquisition?

2. When do Valdes and Cornelius arrive?

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

4. How does Faustus feel about selling his soul in Act 2, Scene 3?

5. What does Faustus's thoughts soon turn away from?

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