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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Introduction, what is known about the authors of the miracle plays?
(a) Very little.
(b) Only about their full created texts.
(c) Everything in their lives.
(d) Their religious convictions only.

2. What does Abel offer to God as a sacrifice in Scene III? ("Cain and Abel")
(a) A lamb.
(b) A bundle of corn.
(c) A goat.
(d) A rooster.

3. How many angels are awaiting God's call? ("The Creation, and The Fall of Lucifer" )
(a) Nine orders.
(b) 100.
(c) One million.
(d) 7.

4. What error was included in the first edition of A.C. Cawley's text?
(a) Three texts were burned in a fire.
(b) Only one pageant was burned in a fire.
(c) All texts were lost, and texts now are only reproductions.
(d) No texts were ever lost.

5. Where does Scene I ("Cain and Abel") open?
(a) In Adam's home.
(b) Near Adam's home.
(c) In a field.
(d) Near Cain's home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Introduction state had left its mark on the "Second Shepherd's Pageant"?

2. In "The Fall of Man", who does Satan envy?

3. What does Cain offer as a sacrifice to God in Scene III? ("Cain and Abel")

4. What happens to Lucifer at the end of Scene I? ("The Creation, and The Fall of Lucifer" )

5. Who gave the editor permission to use the editions of the original text?

(see the answer key)

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