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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Everyman say he will call on his new friends?
(a) When he is weakened
(b) At the reckoning
(c) When he needs them
(d) When Death returns

2. What was the purpose of this play?
(a) To make money
(b) To teach the people
(c) To send people to church
(d) To protest the government

3. Who does this play say priests should be role models for?
(a) Children
(b) Women
(c) Society
(d) Church goers

4. How many are hurt each time Goods succeeds?
(a) 10,000
(b) 100,000
(c) 100
(d) 1,000

5. Who is the only person who can really forgive Everyman?
(a) A priest
(b) The angels
(c) God
(d) Jesus

6. What does Five Wits say Priests should teach?
(a) The Word
(b) Religion
(c) Prayer
(d) Nothing

7. Who recites the moral of the play?
(a) God
(b) A doctor
(c) An angel
(d) A professor

8. What did this play teach people about?
(a) The law of the Tithe
(b) Proper friends
(c) The Atonement
(d) Salvation

9. Who does God want to partake of his gift?
(a) The righteous few
(b) The sinners
(c) His children
(d) Everyman

10. What personality trait does this play show God has?
(a) Mercy
(b) Creativity
(c) Justice
(d) Trust

11. What does Everyman have a hard time believing after his sacraments?
(a) That Fellowship can be trusted
(b) That angels are powerful
(c) That he can really be forgiven
(d) That Good Deeds is stronger now

12. What must men have knowledge of to get into Heaven?
(a) The church
(b) Their sins
(c) God
(d) Good Deeds

13. How many acts are in this play?
(a) 3
(b) 2
(c) 4
(d) 1

14. Who does the messenger talk to at the beginning of the play?
(a) Himself
(b) The audience
(c) Everyman
(d) God

15. What does Confession give Everyman to help him?
(a) Penance
(b) Money
(c) Creativity
(d) Guilt

Short Answer Questions

1. Where would this play have been performed when it was written?

2. What does Everyman think after talking to Kindred and Fellowship?

3. Why does Good Deeds wonder if she will make a difference for Everyman?

4. Why does Death mock Everyman when he prays to God to avoid Death?

5. What does Everyman tell Death he is unprepared for?

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