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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6.

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) Their religious convictions only.
(d) Everything in their lives.

2. What does Woman 2 threaten to do to the solider trying to kill her son? ("Herod the Great")
(a) Cleaves his scalp.
(b) Breaks the hand he touches her son with.
(c) Drowns him in the river.
(d) Hangs him in the gallows.

3. Where does Mak tell the shepherds his wife is? ("The Second Shepherds' Pageant")
(a) At home.
(b) In town buying wheat.
(c) By the cross.
(d) By the sheep.

4. What are both the first and second shepherd afraid the third shepherd will do to them? ("The Second Shepherds' Pageant")
(a) Murder them.
(b) Lie to them.
(c) Steal from them.
(d) Run from them.

5. What does Isaac recognize about his father's mood right before their sacrifice? ("Abraham and Isaac")
(a) He is very cheerful.
(b) He is livid.
(c) He is not cheerful.
(d) He is joyous.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Joseph the name of Mary's baby? ("The Annunciation")

2. What does God tell Noah about his feelings about mankind? ("The Flood")

3. At the opening of Scene II, what does Satan tell Eve he was? ("The Fall of Man")

4. Who chose six of the pageants and added the initial glosses?

5. How does Herod reward the soldiers for murdering the children? ("Herod the Great")

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