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Green Pastures

The Green Pastures Quiz

Marc Connelly
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The Green Pastures Quiz

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1)

What can be seen inside the desk when it is open? (from Part 1, Scene 6)

a pair of dice.
a large ledger.
a collection of quills and ink.
various papers stuck in pigeonholes.
2)

Who is planning to take the temple, burn the books and the Ark of the covenant, and kill the defenders? (from Part 2, Scene 7)

Darius.
King Herod.
Nebuchadnezzar.
Alexander.
3)

Where is God walking on earth after not visiting there for 300 or 400 years? (from Part 1, Scene 7)

on a country road.
in a church.
sitting on a stump.
riding a bicycle.
4)

What does Gabriel start to do? (from Part 1, Scene 6)

take off his wings.
fly around the office.
call in Michael.
blow a trumpet.
5)

What has the boy that God lifts by his ear been doing on Sunday? (from Part 1, Scene 7)

singing, dancing, and whooping it up.
praying, singing, and reading the Bible.
drinking, chewing tobacco, and gambling.
fighting, cursing, and drinking.
6)

What are they gathering to put in the ark? (from Part 1, Scene 9)

cotton
animals
food supplies
coal
7)

What is Hezdrel carrying when his soldiers come to him? (from Part 2, Scene 7)

a bible and a shield.
a hoe and a rake.
an olive branch and a sword.
a sword in his right hand and a sling in his left.
8)

What does God tell Gabriel he is thinking about? (from Part 2, Scene 8)

remodeling heaven.
destroying the Earth.
about Hezdrel's comment.
planning a party.
9)

On the ark that Noah is to build, what does God finally allow Noah to have on board? (from Part 1, Scene 8)

a still to make liquour.
two kegs of liquour.
six barrels of beer.
only one keg of liquour.
10)

Who does God encounter as He goes along on earth? (from Part 1, Scene 7)

a woman on a donkey.
a peddler.
an 18-year-old female.
a boy skipping Sunday School.
11)

What happens to the turkey-berry bush? (from Part 2, Scene 2)

it blossoms.
its leaves all fall off.
it withers and dies.
it begins to glow red.
12)

What does Zeba remember about Cain the Sixth? (from Part 1, Scene 9)

his threat to shoot Flatfoot.
the jokes he tells.
his winning smile.
his name.
13)

How does the young man respond when God asks his name? (from Part 1, Scene 7)

Made in the Shade, Buster.
Soap n' water, Country Boy.
Puddin' and Tame.
Who wants to know?
14)

Back in Sunday School, what does preacher Deshee tell the children happened to the Hebrews? (from Part 2, Scene 4)

they sinned again and fell into bondage under the Babylonians.
they sinned again and God killed 100,000 of them in one day.
they sinned again and Moses came back to destroy them.
they sinned again and got swallowed up in the earth.
15)

Why does God warn Gabriel about blowing the trumpet? (from Part 1, Scene 6)

it will cancel the fish fry.
it will call up the Devil.
it will break the glass in the window.
it signifies the end of the world.
16)

What land do Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob declare as the best property on earth? (from Part 2, Scene 1)

the land of Canaan.
the Tigris valley.
Rome.
Egypt.
17)

As Moses walks off with God, what does he not understand? (from Part 2, Scene 4)

how God can be in two places at the same time.
how God can walk so fast.
how God can be so cruel to him.
how God knows so much.
18)

What is Noah's next job? (from Part 1, Scene 10)

turning the ark into a temple.
writing down his experiences in the ark.
letting the animals out and begin planting seeds.
tearing down the ark and building houses.
19)

Who tries to get God to remember the Hebrews? (from Part 2, Scene 6)

Hosea.
Abraham, Jacob, Isaac, and Moses.
Gabriel.
Adam.
20)

Back in heaven with God looking seriously at the audience, what does Gabriel want to do? (from Part 2, Scene 8)

take a look at Earth.
blow his trumpet.
call up the Devil.
smoke a cigar.
21)

How many good people does God say he has found? (from Part 1, Scene 8)

only 10 righteous souls.
about 100.
a small congregation down the road.
only Noah and his family.
22)

Why does one village get singled out for thunderbolts? (from Part 2, Scene 1)

because of its fortune tellers.
because of its loose women.
because of its breweries.
because of its casinos.
23)

What is so odd to the people about the ark? (from Part 1, Scene 9)

it is shaped like a bowl.
it is too small for all the animals.
it is nowhere near any water.
it is too big to float.
24)

Who does God select to lead the Israelites out of Egypt and into the land of Canaan? (from Part 2, Scene 1)

Pharaoh.
Joseph.
Moses.
Ezekiel.
25)

Besides God, who is in the office? (from Part 1, Scene 6)

the Archangel Gabriel.
Moses.
Adam.
Preacher Deshee.
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