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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Scene II open? ("The Annunciation")
(a) Garden of Eden.
(b) Joseph's home.
(c) The fields near Joseph's home.
(d) Mary's home.

2. Who comes to see Joseph immediately after he leaves Mary? ("The Annunciation")
(a) God.
(b) A childhood friend.
(c) A shepherd.
(d) An angel.

3. Whose writings does Herod want studied regarding the birth of Jesus? ("Herod the Great")
(a) Homer.
(b) Plato.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Socrates.

4. What does Herod call his knights? ("Herod the Great")
(a) Sinners.
(b) Cowards.
(c) Saints.
(d) Thieves.

5. Where does Scene II open? ("The Second Shepherds' Pageant")
(a) Mak's barn.
(b) Mak's home.
(c) Mak's road.
(d) Mak's field.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Herod say he will do to the people who do not stop talking badly about him? ("Herod the Great")

2. What does Mary pray to God about at the end of Scene II? ("The Annunciation")

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

4. What happens to Lucifer at the end of Scene I? ("The Creation, and The Fall of Lucifer" )

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

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