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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the messenger warning the audience about? ("Herod the Great")
(a) About the price of silence.
(b) About the wrath of Herod.
(c) About the coming of Satan.
(d) About the cost of laughter.

2. According to the Introduction, what "type" did Cain represent?
(a) "The Decline of Mankind."
(b) "The Secular World."
(c) "Jews."
(d) "The Realism of the World."

3. Which solider claims to be the best of all Herod's soldiers? ("Herod the Great")
(a) #1.
(b) #3.
(c) #4.
(d) #2.

4. How old are the children that Herod orders murdered by his soldiers? ("Herod the Great")
(a) 3 and under.
(b) 1 year old only.
(c) 4 and under.
(d) 2 and under.

5. What does Woman 2 threaten to do to the solider trying to kill her son? ("Herod the Great")
(a) Breaks the hand he touches her son with.
(b) Cleaves his scalp.
(c) Drowns him in the river.
(d) Hangs him in the gallows.

6. How does Herod reward the soldiers for murdering the children? ("Herod the Great")
(a) With money.
(b) With imprisonment.
(c) With knighthood.
(d) With land.

7. Most of what from the original play was preserved for the text?
(a) Original characters.
(b) Original words.
(c) Original themes.
(d) Original morals.

8. Who takes Adam and Eve to middle Earth? ("The Fall of Man")
(a) Gabriel.
(b) Cherubim.
(c) God.
(d) Satan.

9. In the plays, what directions are bracketed?
(a) Sound directions.
(b) Stage directions.
(c) Lighting directions.
(d) Editorial directions.

10. Where does Woman I hit the soldier? ("Herod the Great")
(a) On his foot.
(b) On his belt.
(c) On his shin.
(d) On his hood.

11. What does Mary pray to God about at the end of Scene II? ("The Annunciation")
(a) To help Joseph understand their child.
(b) To have mercy on Joseph.
(c) To have Joseph love her forever.
(d) To help Joseph love Jesus as his own.

12. At the opening of Scene II, what does Satan tell Eve he was? ("The Fall of Man")
(a) An angel.
(b) God.
(c) Adam.
(d) A friend.

13. Who closes the pageant "Abraham and Isaac"?
(a) A doctor.
(b) Isaac.
(c) Abraham.
(d) God.

14. After telling Eve that eating from the tree would give her knowledge, what does Satan call himself? ("The Fall of Man")
(a) An angel.
(b) A messenger of God.
(c) A worm.
(d) A truth-sayer.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who chose six of the pageants and added the initial glosses?

3. After Joseph states that he will travel to Bethlehem, what does Mary say? ("The Annunciation")

4. To what does the third shepherd compare the current weather to? ("The Second Shepherds' Pageant")

5. What does Herod call his knights? ("Herod the Great")

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