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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 does "Natumque pariet" mean? ("Herod the Great")
(a) Named by prophets.
(b) Papers of nature.
(c) Bear a son.
(d) Naure will not offend.

2. Why does Herod believe that the Christ child was born? ("Herod the Great")
(a) To challenge his kingdom.
(b) To murder him.
(c) To anger him.
(d) To help mankind.

3. What are the two literary pieces that survive from secular drama of the Middle Ages?
(a) "Malleus Malfacirium" and "Everyman".
(b) "Pilgrams Progress" and "Robin Hood".
(c) "de Clerico et Puella" and "Robin Hood".
(d) "Everyman" and "Merchant of Veince".

4. Why does Noah's wife say that she would be no help to the building of the Ark? ("The Flood")
(a) Women are weak.
(b) She needed to cook.
(c) She needed to prepare for the journey.
(d) She needed to sew.

5. What does God say would inspire the "might of me"? ("The Creation, and The Fall of Lucifer" )
(a) "My body in bliss."
(b) "A place full of plenty."
(c) "All might is in me."
(d) "Worthy work of my will."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Woman 3 threaten to hit the soldier? ("Herod the Great")

2. How old are the children that Herod orders murdered by his soldiers? ("Herod the Great")

3. At the opening of Scene II, what does Satan tell Eve he was? ("The Fall of Man")

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

5. In all "what" is The Flood dramatized in? (Introduction to "The Flood")

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the introduction to "The Annunciation" state as its origin?

2. What "justifies" Lucifer's fall from Heaven?

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

4. When were the miracle plays officially associated with Corpus Christi Day?

5. What purpose does the "Doubt of Joseph" provide in the play?

6. Why does the introduction to "Herod the Great" state that Herod is a recreation of a contemporary magnate?

7. What lie does Mak create to hide the fact that he has stolen a sheep?

8. What does the editor state about the superiority of the Brome play ("Abraham and Isaac") over all others?

9. Why does Gabriel state that Mary is the one whom will bear the Christ child?

10. What error did Cawley correct in his Preface to the second edition of the text?

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