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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. Which play did the introduction to "Abraham and Isaac" claim had been the superior one?
(a) The Chester play.
(b) The Brome play.
(c) The Preston play.
(d) The Waterhouse play.

2. Who tells Joseph the name of Mary's baby? ("The Annunciation")
(a) Mary.
(b) An angel.
(c) The Holy Spirit.
(d) God.

3. At the opening of Scene II, what does Satan tell Eve he was? ("The Fall of Man")
(a) A friend.
(b) Adam.
(c) God.
(d) An angel.

4. Where does Scene II take place? ("Abraham and Isaac")
(a) Abraham's home.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Hell.
(d) Abraham's fields.

5. What happens to Lucifer at the end of Scene I? ("The Creation, and The Fall of Lucifer" )
(a) He and all bad angels fell from heaven.
(b) He refused to listen to God.
(c) He murdered an angel.
(d) He fought a war against God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Herod call his knights? ("Herod the Great")

2. How many angels are awaiting God's call? ("The Creation, and The Fall of Lucifer" )

3. Whose "doubt", according to the introduction to "The Annunciation", occurs in all English cycles?

4. When Joseph returns to Mary, at the end of Scene I, what does he ask her? ("The Annunciation")

5. Where does Woman 3 threaten to hit the soldier? ("Herod the Great")

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the story of Mak included in this pageant?

2. In the "Second Shepherds' Pageant", what are the shepherds complaining about?

3. What does the Messenger say to prove Herod's power?

4. When Joseph enters Mary's home, what does he question her about?

5. According to the Preface, why did A.C. Cawley choose the collection of plays that he did as a representative collection of medieval biblical pageants?

6. On what is the "Second Shepherds' Pageant" based?

7. What does the introduction to "The Annunciation" state as its origin?

8. From where do some of the features of "Herod the Great" derive?

9. Why does the introduction to "Herod the Great" state that Herod is a recreation of a contemporary magnate?

10. Where, in the text of "Herod the Great", did a prophecy that Christ was born in a cave come from?

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