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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What fear does the introduction to "Everyman" say is a universal emotion?
(a) Fear of solitude.
(b) Fear of commitment.
(c) Fear of loss.
(d) Fear of death.

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

3. Who claims to be above all other people in the world? ("The Death of Pilate")
(a) Pilate.
(b) Gaoler.
(c) Caesar.
(d) Saul.

4. Who participates in a "battle of wits" in "The Women Taken in Adultery"?
(a) God and Paul.
(b) Christ and the Pharisees.
(c) Judas and Christ.
(d) Pilate and Christ.

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

6. By what name is the author of "The Crucifixion" pageant known by? (As quoted by the text in reference to the author: "an unknown playwright of extraordinary talent".)
(a) Towneley realist.
(b) Chester's voice.
(c) York realist.
(d) York's voice.

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

8. Why does Everyman say that Death was wrong for coming when he did?
(a) Because Death just took his wife.
(b) Because Death gave no warning.
(c) Because Death is not real.
(d) Because Death should not come when one is young.

9. Who takes Everyman to see Confession?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Discretion.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Good Deeds.

10. 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) Socratic theologists.
(b) Elizabethan playwrights.
(c) Medieval playwrights.
(d) Platonic theologists.

11. By what proper name does Everyman call Confession?
(a) Grok.
(b) Shrift.
(c) Ixnay.
(d) Dwile.

12. Who is the last character in "Everyman" to speak?
(a) God.
(b) A doctor.
(c) Good Deeds.
(d) Death.

13. In what verse form is "The Women Taken in Adultery" written?
(a) Iambic pentameter.
(b) Didactic cinquain.
(c) Anceps.
(d) Octaves.

14. In Scene III, who tells the others to break down the door of a woman's home? ("The Women Taken in Adultery")
(a) The accuser.
(b) A scribe.
(c) A pharisee.
(d) A young man.

15. Who leads Adam and the other saints in hell to "Paradise"? ("The Harrowing of Hell")
(a) Jesus.
(b) Michael.
(c) Arella.
(d) Gabriel.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Pilate have that protects him? ("The Death of Pilate")

3. How many good souls are there that Jesus promises will live in joy and bliss forever? (The Judgment")

4. Who is the first speaker in Scene I of "The Harrowing Hell"?

5. How many devils are in "The Judgment"?

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