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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. At the opening of Scene I, what is Abraham doing? ("Abraham and Isaac")
(a) Cursing God.
(b) Thanking God for all he has been given.
(c) Speaking with his wife.
(d) Talking to his son.

5. What spring does Isaiah say would bring "forth the grain of holiness"? ("The Annunciation")
(a) Israel.
(b) The Jew's.
(c) God's.
(d) Christ's.

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

7. To whom was Isaac praying in Scene III? ("Abraham and Isaac")
(a) The Trinity.
(b) God.
(c) No one; he was not praying.
(d) Jesus.

8. Who gave the editor permission to use the editions of the original text?
(a) The Early English Text Society.
(b) The English Medieval Library of Text.
(c) The Early British Library Society.
(d) The Medieval Language Library.

9. Where does Woman 3 threaten to hit the soldier? ("Herod the Great")
(a) In the nose.
(b) In the head.
(c) In the mouth.
(d) In the knee.

10. What are both the first and second shepherd afraid the third shepherd will do to them? ("The Second Shepherds' Pageant")
(a) Murder them.
(b) Steal from them.
(c) Lie to them.
(d) Run from them.

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

12. Whose child does Mary tell Joseph that she is carrying? ("The Annunciation")
(a) An unknown man's.
(b) His.
(c) She is not sure.
(d) No one's.

13. Which play did the introduction to "Abraham and Isaac" claim had been the superior one?
(a) The Preston play.
(b) The Waterhouse play.
(c) The Brome play.
(d) The Chester play.

14. What does the Messenger tell the soldiers put on ? ("Herod the Great")
(a) The crest of the king.
(b) Only the cloth of Herod.
(c) Full Armor.
(d) The chain-mail dress of Herod.

15. At the end of "Cain and Abel", what does Cain state that he wanted to hide from?
(a) The heavenly angels.
(b) His parents.
(c) Man's sight.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. Most of what from the original play was preserved for the text?

2. How old is Jesus when Herod finds out about his birth? ("Herod the Great")

3. Who, in "The Annunciation", does Isaiah claim has given mankind a mortal wound?

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

5. Whose "doubt", according to the introduction to "The Annunciation", occurs in all English cycles?

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