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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. For how long does God state that the rains would come? ("The Flood")
(a) 40 days and nights.
(b) 7 days and nights.
(c) 60 days and nights.
(d) 20 days and nights.

2. In the plays, what directions are bracketed?
(a) Sound directions.
(b) Editorial directions.
(c) Lighting directions.
(d) Stage directions.

3. On what day is Christ's victory over sin and death celebrated?
(a) The Passover Feast Day.
(b) The Feast of Fools.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Corpus Christi Day.

4. Where does Scene II open? ("The Annunciation")
(a) Garden of Eden.
(b) The fields near Joseph's home.
(c) Joseph's home.
(d) Mary's home.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the introduction, what were the pageants in the book chosen for?

2. Who does the second shepherd say "cackles" in Scene I? ("The Second Shepherds' Pageant")

3. What are the two literary pieces that survive from secular drama of the Middle Ages?

4. To what beast does the second shepherd compare his own wife? ("The Second Shepherds' Pageant")

5. What spring does Isaiah say would bring "forth the grain of holiness"? ("The Annunciation")

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are biblical pageants?

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. Why is the story of Mak included in this pageant?

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

8. In what poetic form was "Noah's Flood" written?

9. In "Abraham and Isaac", why does God call for the sacrifice of Isaac?

10. What warning does the Messenger give to the audience (readers and play-viewers alike) in "Herod the Great"?

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