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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does God say he would bring to Adam and Eve before the closing of the scene? ("The Creation of Adam and Eve")
(a) Hope.
(b) Faith.
(c) Love.
(d) Bliss.

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

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

4. According to Gabriel, who will "shadow" Mary's soul? ("The Annunciation")
(a) The hope of mankind.
(b) Eve.
(c) God.
(d) The Holy Ghost.

5. How many people does God want to save and put on the Ark? ("The Flood")
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

6. In what language was the text in which Mr. R.L. Thompson helped the editor make comparisons?
(a) Aramiac.
(b) Cornish.
(c) Latin.
(d) Finnish.

7. What does Cain offer as a sacrifice to God in Scene III? ("Cain and Abel")
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A bird.
(c) A sheep.
(d) A sheaf.

8. How old is Jesus when Herod finds out about his birth? ("Herod the Great")
(a) 3.
(b) 7.
(c) 1.
(d) 5.

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

10. 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.

11. To what does the third shepherd compare the current weather to? ("The Second Shepherds' Pageant")
(a) Noah's flood.
(b) The drought of Isaiah.
(c) The weather when Satan fell from heaven.
(d) The burning of the desert.

12. What did the Introduction state had left its mark on the "Second Shepherd's Pageant"?
(a) The love of Christ?
(b) The folk spirit of revelry.
(c) The Feast of Fools.
(d) The hope for the future.

13. Who chose six of the pageants and added the initial glosses?
(a) John Warrington.
(b) Stewart Longs.
(c) Charles Westmoreland.
(d) Jonathon Michael St. Ives.

14. Who does the second shepherd say is woeful? ("The Second Shepherds' Pageant")
(a) The inn-keeper.
(b) His flock.
(c) A rooster.
(d) A married man.

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

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 Abraham ask of God in regard to Isaac? ("Abraham and Isaac")

3. Where does Scene I ("Cain and Abel") open?

4. What are the shepherds doing as Mak enters the scene? ("The Second Shepherds' Pageant")

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

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