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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Veronica ask of Caesar for repayment for Caesar's healing? ("The Death of Pilate")
(a) To conquer Pilate's knigdom.
(b) To kill Pilate.
(c) To imprison Pilate.
(d) To force Pilate from his throne.

2. Who was responsible for translating the Cornish trilogy into English?
(a) Halliday.
(b) Jordan.
(c) Norris.
(d) Nance.

3. Which of the following does the Messenger state will "fade from thee as a flower in May"? ("Everyman")
(a) Pleasure.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Jollity.
(d) All of these.

4. What are the soldiers in "The Resurrection" afraid Pilate will do if he finds out that Jesus' tomb is empty?
(a) Crucify Jesus again.
(b) Lose the throne.
(c) Be sentenced by God.
(d) Put them to death.

5. In the introduction to "The Women Taken in Adultery", what biblical chapter does the introduction state was used as a counterpart to the pageant?
(a) Psalms.
(b) Mark.
(c) Matthew.
(d) John.

6. How does Caiaphas believe Jesus rose from the dead? "The Resurrection")
(a) Through sorcery.
(b) Through Jesus' internal power.
(c) Through the redemption of mankind.
(d) Through God's will.

7. Who does Everyman ask to pray for him?
(a) Mary.
(b) The woman accused of adultery.
(c) Noah.
(d) Isaac.

8. Why does Pilate agree to go and see Caesar? ("The Death of Pilate")
(a) He states that he has done nothing wrong.
(b) He says he is not afarid of Caesar.
(c) He doesn't agree.
(d) He claims Caesar is kind to everyone.

9. While the scribe to talking to Jesus about adulterers, what is Jesus doing? ("The Women Taken in Adultery")
(a) Writing in the ground with his finger.
(b) Arguing with the scribe.
(c) Praying.
(d) Looking at the accused woman.

10. To whom does Jesus tell man not to be vengeful towards? ("The Women Taken in Adultery")
(a) God.
(b) Their neighbor.
(c) Earth.
(d) Non-believers.

11. From whom do analysts believe were the originators of the "horrible detail" where Christ's limbs were stretched by cords? (Introduction to "The Crucifixion")
(a) Medieval playwrights.
(b) Elizabethan playwrights.
(c) Platonic theologists.
(d) Socratic theologists.

12. What does Pilate have that protects him? ("The Death of Pilate")
(a) A charm from a soothsayer.
(b) A garment of Jesus'.
(c) A posion that protects him.
(d) A promise from God.

13. Who is the first character to speak "The Resurrection"?
(a) Pilate.
(b) Mary.
(c) Caiaphas.
(d) Salome.

14. How many "wits" does Everyman possess?
(a) 7.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

15. What device is defined as the linking of stanzas by means of verbal repetition?
(a) Concatenation.
(b) Dactyl.
(c) Spondee.
(d) Enjambment.

Short Answer Questions

1. On whose table does Everyman want his name written upon?

2. At the end of "The Judgment", who is seen "crossing from place to place"?

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

4. What does Caesar do that heals him of his ailment? ("The Death of Pilate")

5. In "Everyman", who has God summoned? (As stated by prologue.)

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