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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At the beginning of "The Creation of Adam and Eve", how many days has God completed working?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

3. Who, in "The Annunciation", does Isaiah claim has given mankind a mortal wound?
(a) Adam.
(b) Eve.
(c) The serpent.
(d) Cain.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Scene I in "The Creation, and The Fall of Lucifer" open?

2. How does Herod reward the soldiers for murdering the children? ("Herod the Great")

3. What is the original name for Bethlehem in the text? ("The Annunciation")

4. Who comes to see Joseph immediately after he leaves Mary? ("The Annunciation")

5. What does God call Noah (in regard to character)? ("The Flood")

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the character of Noah's wife, as depicted in the pageants, different from the orthodox theological idea of her?

2. In what poetic form was "The Creation" written?

3. What is Noah's wife's position on the ark?

4. Where, in the text of "Herod the Great", did a prophecy that Christ was born in a cave come from?

5. From where did the editor obtain a copy of the manuscript to include "The Annunciation" in his collection of pageants?

6. What does the editor state as interesting facts that surround "The Annunication"?

7. In the opening of "The Creation and The Fall of Lucifer", how does God declare his omnipotence?

8. On what is the "Second Shepherds' Pageant" based?

9. What are biblical pageants?

10. How are the "Shepherds' Pageants" distinguished from the rest of the Towneley cycle?

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