Doctor Faustus, scene 2

Question 1

How does Wagner describe himself?

Accepted Answer

He is by nature phlegmatic (sluggish)., He is prone to lechery., He is slow to wrath.

Question 2

What does the latin expression ‘sic probo’ mean?

Accepted Answer

I prove it; a conclusion drawn during disputation

Question 3

In this scene, Wagner mocks scholaticism

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

In the end, Wagner tells the two scholars that

Accepted Answer

Faustus is having dinner with Valdes and Cornelius.

Question 5

What does Wagner suggest about the scholars' intelligence?

Accepted Answer

They are dunces.

Question 6

Tick the right statements. This scene exposes

Accepted Answer

the themes of knowledge & dark arts &, the motifs of the pursuit of knowledge & of the supernatural, Faustus even more as it breaks the seriousness of scene 1, Faustus' servant who cleverly uses word play & logic

Question 7

The two scholars are ‘licentiates’ meaning that they hold a graduate degree.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

Wagner willingly discloses Faustus's whereabouts to the scholars.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

This is the first "low comedy scene". It presents us with

Accepted Answer

slapstick comedy (buffoonery) - Wagner tells them "if you were not dunces", offers the audience some kind of comic relief with Wagner's buffoonery, the two scholars represent "intellectual matters / knowledge, cheeky verbal style. Wagner to scolars "aknowledge ur error & be attentive", comes in stark contrast w/ Aristotle's def of tragedy & offers an interlude

Question 10

Who are the characters in this scene?

Accepted Answer

Wagner, First and second scholars

Doctor Faustus, scene 2

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Doctor Faustus, scene 2

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