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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what does the term "waxen wings" in line 21 of the Prologue allude?

3. What does Faustus ask to see in Act 2, Scene 3?

4. Why does Mephastophilis refuse to continue discussing God and heaven?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Wagner tell the scholars about Faustus?

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

3. How does the Clown feel about Wagner's offer?

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

5. What happens after the Angels leave in Act 1, Scene 1?

6. What does Robin intend to use Faustus's book for?

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

8. What does Wagner do to convince the Clown to yield to his desires?

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

10. What does Robin tell Rafe when Rafe arrives in Act 1, Scene 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is comedy used in "Dr. Faustus"? Which characters are comic? Which scenes are comic?

Essay Topic 2

Why is Latin used in "Dr. Faustus"? Which characters speak Latin, and what does this signify about them?

Essay Topic 3

Besides Dr. Faustus, who in this play sins? How do they sin? How are they punished?

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