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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Besides God, who is in the office?
2. What is the main item of furniture in God's office?
3. How are the different scenarios represented in the play?
4. What does Preacher Deshee say precipitated the argument between Cain and Abel?
5. What does Gabriel start to do?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does preacher Deshee have to say about Cain?
2. What is Eve like just after she is created?
3. When Cain at first finds no other people, what does he think?
4. Where does God tell Cain to go?
5. What is the scene like in Noah's house?
6. What are the circumstances for Cain meeting his future wife?
7. What is the disagreement God and Noah have over the provisions for the ark?
8. What are the angels doing at the fish fry in heaven?
9. Why do the people refuse to bury Flatfoot after Cain the Sixth stabs him?
10. What does the ark look like as it is built?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on the topic, What the Viewer Can Get from THE GREEN PASTURES Today. Placing the play in its Depression era setting, your essay should include (1) how black stereotypes are used in the play, (2) the play's value in giving a real sense of history, and (3) the importance of remembering stereotypes as a way of keeping social perspective.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on the topic, The Children in THE GREEN PASTURES. Discuss the use of children as a dramatic device to set up the plot of THE GREEN PASTURES. Note that the children are stereotypical of children in general rather than as racial caricatures. Include examples of incessant questions, fidgeting in Sunday School, and angelic children misbehaving in the heavenly fish fry.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on the topic, The Ark as a Steamboat in THE GREEN PASTURES. The essay should include the experience black people in Louisiana had with water transportation in the 1920s. Discuss the steamboat ark as such a concept rather than a kind of stereotypical comedy. Conclude with ways different ethnic groups might view religious artifacts.
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