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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. How many people does God want to save and put on the Ark? ("The Flood")
(a) 2.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.
2. What did the introduction state was the name of the sheep-stealer? ("The Second Shepherds' Pageant")
(a) John.
(b) Mak.
(c) Din.
(d) Luke.
3. What does Isaac recognize about his father's mood right before their sacrifice? ("Abraham and Isaac")
(a) He is joyous.
(b) He is livid.
(c) He is not cheerful.
(d) He is very cheerful.
4. What "bearer" is Lucifer? ("The Creation, and The Fall of Lucifer" )
(a) The bearer of hell.
(b) The bearer of light.
(c) The bearer of life on Earth.
(d) The bearer of Earth.
5. What spring does Isaiah say would bring "forth the grain of holiness"? ("The Annunciation")
(a) Israel.
(b) Christ's.
(c) The Jew's.
(d) God's.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who, in "The Annunciation", does Isaiah claim has given mankind a mortal wound?
2. For how long does God state that the rains would come? ("The Flood")
3. Whose writings does Herod want studied regarding the birth of Jesus? ("Herod the Great")
4. Why does Joesph leave Mary at the end of Scene II? ("The Annunciation")
5. How many children did the soldiers state that they had murdered? ("Herod the Great")
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the introduction to "The Annunciation" state as its origin?
2. 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?
3. What does the Introduction state as the tie between the conflict between Cain and Abel?
4. In what poetic form was "Noah's Flood" written?
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. In the opening of "The Creation and The Fall of Lucifer", how does God declare his omnipotence?
8. According to the introduction, what is the importance of "The Fall of Lucifer"?
9. What does the editor state about the superiority of the Brome play ("Abraham and Isaac") over all others?
10. Why is the story of Mak included in this pageant?
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