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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Mak tell the shepherds his wife is? ("The Second Shepherds' Pageant")
(a) At home.
(b) By the cross.
(c) By the sheep.
(d) In town buying wheat.

2. What does God call Noah (in regard to character)? ("The Flood")
(a) Honest.
(b) Worthy.
(c) Sinful.
(d) Righteous.

3. What is the original name for Bethlehem in the text? ("The Annunciation")
(a) Bedlem.
(b) Bethle.
(c) Bethel-helm.
(d) Bedhelm.

4. According to the introduction to "The Flood", what rhyme is used "occasionally" in the stanzas?
(a) Fluid-rhyme.
(b) Stop-rhyme.
(c) End-rhyme.
(d) Tail-rhyme.

5. What text did the editor use for his translation of "Everyman"?
(a) "Everyman and Other Interludes."
(b) "Everyman and the Medieval Plays."
(c) "Every Man and the Plays."
(d) "Everyman: The Original English Text."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Isaiah call himself during his prologue in "The Annunciation"?

3. What ceremony was held on Holy Innocents' Day?

4. What are the two literary pieces that survive from secular drama of the Middle Ages?

5. Where does Scene II take place? ("Abraham and Isaac")

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