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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Robin's friend want to use the book for?
(a) To sleep with a maid he is interested in.
(b) Nothing.
(c) To make a lot of money.
(d) He wants to burn the book.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom is Faustus waiting for in Act 2, Scene 1?

2. What does the Bad Angel advise Faustus to do?

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

4. Who appears after Faustus finishes his incantation?

5. Where does Faustus grow up?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Faustus's background?

3. What does Faustus think about as he waits in his study for Mephastophilis to return?

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

5. In Act 1, Scene 1, what does Faustus send Wagner to do, and why?

6. What do the scholars decide to do at the end of Act 1, Scene 2? Why?

7. How do the scholars feel about what Faustus is doing in Act 1, Scene 1? Why?

8. What is Robin carrying at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 2? Why does it make him happy?

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

10. What do the devils show Faustus in Act 2, Scene 1?

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