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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the shepherds doing as Mak enters the scene? ("The Second Shepherds' Pageant")
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Laughing.
(c) Singing.
(d) Praying.

2. 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) Crucify them.
(c) Behead them.
(d) Burn them.

3. How many men does Annas say took Jesus, so that no one believes that he rose from the dead? ("The Resurrection")
(a) 10,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 20,000.

4. What are the two literary pieces that survive from secular drama of the Middle Ages?
(a) "Pilgrams Progress" and "Robin Hood".
(b) "Everyman" and "Merchant of Veince".
(c) "Malleus Malfacirium" and "Everyman".
(d) "de Clerico et Puella" and "Robin Hood".

5. According to the introduction, what is "Resurrection" a version of?
(a) "The Journey of the Magi."
(b) "Caiaphas."
(c) The "Easter Sepulchre" play.
(d) "The Soldiers' Tale."

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the introduction, what were the pageants in the book chosen for?

2. What does Caesar believe about Pilate the first time he sees him? ("The Death of Pilate")

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

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

5. What kind of "beast" does God say that he wanted to create? ("The Creation of Adam and Eve")

(see the answer key)

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