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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. Where is God walking on earth after not visiting there for 300 or 400 years?
2. What kind of music accompanies the dialog and action of the play?
3. How many good people does God say he has found?
4. Who does the girl say she is?
5. What does preacher Deshee say about God?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do the children see God in the play?
2. What does the ark look like as it is built?
3. What is unique about THE GREEN PASTURES for its day?
4. Why does Adam appear to be a bit puzzled when he is first seen?
5. What is God able to do with his cigar?
6. What is Eve like just after she is created?
7. What are the circumstances for Cain meeting his future wife?
8. Why is God told that the moon is melting?
9. What does God say about Cain's actions?
10. What is the scene like in Noah's house?
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, Dramatic License in THE GREEN PASTURES. Include in your essay characters, locations, and time that are made up by Marc Connelly to put together his drama. In your essay evaluate the probable reasons for taking such liberties with the biblical accounts.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on the topic, Settings in THE GREEN PASTURES. Explain the use of a black lodge meeting hall and a black nightclub as settings in the play. Explain how these sets define the experience of the black community in the early twentieth century.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on the topic, The Contrast Between Noah and the People. Your essay should go into the details of the people's behavior that causes God to want to destroy them all; the efforts of Noah to preach to the people; and, finally, the fact that only Noah is disturbed when the people refuse to bury Flatfoot after his murder.
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