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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the opening of Scene I, what is Abraham doing? ("Abraham and Isaac")
(a) Thanking God for all he has been given.
(b) Talking to his son.
(c) Cursing God.
(d) Speaking with his wife.

2. What does Cain offer as a sacrifice to God in Scene III? ("Cain and Abel")
(a) A sheep.
(b) A rabbit.
(c) A bird.
(d) A sheaf.

3. What does Herod say he will do to the people who do not stop talking badly about him? ("Herod the Great")
(a) Hang them.
(b) Behead them.
(c) Crucify them.
(d) Burn them.

4. In Jesus' opening soliloquy, what is the only thing that he asks of mankind?
(a) To obey him.
(b) To trust him.
(c) To submit to him.
(d) To love him.

5. In "The Fall of Man", who does Satan envy?
(a) The angels in Heaven.
(b) Adam and Eve.
(c) God.
(d) Cain and Abel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Scene I open? ("The Women Taken in Adultery")

2. What does the messenger do as Herod enters the scene? (Herod the Great")

3. What does "Ecce, virgo concipiet" mean?

4. Why does Herod believe that the Christ child was born? ("Herod the Great")

5. What does God say he would bring to Adam and Eve before the closing of the scene? ("The Creation of Adam and Eve")

(see the answer key)

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