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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 Herod call his knights? ("Herod the Great")
(a) Cowards.
(b) Saints.
(c) Sinners.
(d) Thieves.

2. What text did the editor use for his translation of "Everyman"?
(a) "Everyman and the Medieval Plays."
(b) "Every Man and the Plays."
(c) "Everyman and Other Interludes."
(d) "Everyman: The Original English Text."

3. According to Isaiah's prologue, whose birth would redeem Adam? ("The Annunciation")
(a) Joseph's.
(b) Jesus'.
(c) Mary's.
(d) Cain's son.

4. What ceremony was held on Holy Innocents' Day?
(a) Passover Feast.
(b) Feast of Saints.
(c) Boy Bishop.
(d) Feast of Fools.

5. How many children did the soldiers state that they had murdered? ("Herod the Great")
(a) Hundreds.
(b) 150.
(c) Thousands.
(d) 98.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who closes the pageant "Abraham and Isaac"?

3. According to the introduction to "The Flood", what rhyme is used "occasionally" in the stanzas?

4. When Joseph returns to Mary, at the end of Scene I, what does he ask her? ("The Annunciation")

5. Who chose six of the pageants and added the initial glosses?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Noah do as he leaves the ark for the first time in forty days?

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

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

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

5. For what other writings is the author of the "Shepherds' Pageants" responsible?

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

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

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

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

10. What did the Introduction state was the "unity of biblical history"?

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