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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the messenger say the name of the moral play is that is being presented? ("Everyman")
(a) "Summoning of Everyman."
(b) "Everyman-A Search For Self."
(c) "A Formal Questioning of Everyman."
(d) "Every-Man."

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

3. Where does Scene I open? ("The Women Taken in Adultery")
(a) A church.
(b) A court.
(c) A temple.
(d) A woman's home.

4. Who does Everyman speak of regarding his "disobedience to God"?
(a) Abraham.
(b) Cain.
(c) Noah.
(d) Adam.

5. What does Everyman tell everyone to take up with them on the journey to his grave?
(a) A cross.
(b) A rosery.
(c) A prayer.
(d) An olive branch.

6. Who tells Caesar's messenger that Jesus is dead? ("The Death of Pilate")
(a) A traveler.
(b) Gaoler.
(c) Veronica.
(d) Pilate.

7. What "book" is Everyman to take along on his journey?
(a) His book of good deeds.
(b) His book of accounts.
(c) His book of broken promises.
(d) His book of sins against God.

8. What Christian meaning is "made plain" in "The Women Taken in Adultery"?
(a) The fall of mankind.
(b) The love of Christ.
(c) The power of God.
(d) Divine mercy.

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

10. What does God perceive as he was sitting in Heaven? ("Everyman")
(a) That the time has come to break his promise.
(b) All on Earth have been ungrateful to him.
(c) That no one loves him anymore.
(d) That Heaven is the only good place left.

11. In "Everyman", who has God summoned? (As stated by prologue.)
(a) Sin.
(b) Death.
(c) Fear.
(d) Everyman.

12. In what gospel is Jesus' descent into hell depicted?
(a) Galations.
(b) Nicodemus.
(c) First Thessalonians.
(d) Philemon.

13. According to the introduction to "The Crucifixion", which pageants "make a direct assault on the feelings of the audience"?
(a) N. Town and York.
(b) Chester and N. Town.
(c) Towneley and Chester.
(d) York and Towneley.

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

15. What is Everyman told to ask of Confession?
(a) For penalty.
(b) For honor.
(c) For mercy.
(d) For sacrifice.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the introduction, what is "Resurrection" a version of?

2. How many line stanzas were used in "The Crucifixion"?

3. Who does the Scribe say put forth the law that adulterers should be killed? ("The Women Taken in Adultery")

4. Who owned the only two complete (the ones preserved between 1510-1535) copies of "Everyman"?

5. To whom does Jesus tell man not to be vengeful towards? ("The Women Taken in Adultery")

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