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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. Where does Mak tell the shepherds his wife is? ("The Second Shepherds' Pageant")
(a) At home.
(b) By the cross.
(c) In town buying wheat.
(d) By the sheep.

2. What does God tell Noah about his feelings about mankind? ("The Flood")
(a) He wished that man would change his ways.
(b) He blames Eve for the fall of mankind.
(c) He wishes that Satan would leave mankind alone.
(d) He wished he had never made man.

3. How many angels are awaiting God's call? ("The Creation, and The Fall of Lucifer" )
(a) 7.
(b) One million.
(c) Nine orders.
(d) 100.

4. What does God say he would bring to Adam and Eve before the closing of the scene? ("The Creation of Adam and Eve")
(a) Love.
(b) Faith.
(c) Bliss.
(d) Hope.

5. Where does Woman I hit the soldier? ("Herod the Great")
(a) On his hood.
(b) On his foot.
(c) On his shin.
(d) On his belt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Scene II take place? ("Abraham and Isaac")

2. How many people does God want to save and put on the Ark? ("The Flood")

3. On what day is Christ's victory over sin and death celebrated?

4. What does Eve say she and Adam would be if they ate the apple? ("The Fall of Man")

5. Whose child does Mary tell Joseph that she is carrying? ("The Annunciation")

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Herod order to insure that the Jesus does not make it to adulthood?

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

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

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

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

7. According to the Preface, why did A.C. Cawley choose the collection of plays that he did as a representative collection of medieval biblical pageants?

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

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

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

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