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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the introduction, what were the pageants in the book chosen for?
(a) Religious authority.
(b) Lessons and morals taught.
(c) Historical accuracy.
(d) Intrinsic merit.

2. When Joseph returns to Mary, at the end of Scene I, what does he ask her? ("The Annunciation")
(a) To leave with him and hide.
(b) To marry him.
(c) To forgive him.
(d) To love him forever.

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

4. Where did the third shepherd tell the others he had left their sheep? ("The Second Shepherds' Pageant")
(a) In the wheat.
(b) In the barn.
(c) In the corn.
(d) In the pasture.

5. What "bearer" is Lucifer? ("The Creation, and The Fall of Lucifer" )
(a) The bearer of hell.
(b) The bearer of Earth.
(c) The bearer of life on Earth.
(d) The bearer of light.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what century was the manuscript of the "Second Shepherds' Pageant" form?

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

3. At the opening of "The Flood", from where is God speaking to Noah?

4. According to the Introduction, what "type" did Cain represent?

5. Which play did the introduction to "Abraham and Isaac" claim had been the superior one?

(see the answer key)

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