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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What error was included in the first edition of A.C. Cawley's text?
(a) All texts were lost, and texts now are only reproductions.
(b) No texts were ever lost.
(c) Only one pageant was burned in a fire.
(d) Three texts were burned in a fire.

2. Where does Scene I in "The Creation, and The Fall of Lucifer" open?
(a) Hell.
(b) The Tree of Knowledge.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Earth.

3. What does "Ecce, virgo concipiet" mean?
(a) Here, a virigin will birth.
(b) Hark, a virgin lives.
(c) Behold, a virgin shall conceive.
(d) Listen, a virgin will conspire.

4. What kind of "beast" does God say that he wanted to create? ("The Creation of Adam and Eve")
(a) Humble.
(b) Mindful.
(c) Spirited.
(d) Skillful.

5. In what language was the text in which Mr. R.L. Thompson helped the editor make comparisons?
(a) Latin.
(b) Aramiac.
(c) Finnish.
(d) Cornish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Occasionally, why have the archaic forms not been modernized for the convenience of the reader?

2. Whose "doubt", according to the introduction to "The Annunciation", occurs in all English cycles?

3. Whose child does Mary tell Joseph that she is carrying? ("The Annunciation")

4. What text did the editor use for his translation of "Everyman"?

5. Who comes to see Joseph immediately after he leaves Mary? ("The Annunciation")

(see the answer key)

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