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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. Which solider claims to be the best of all Herod's soldiers? ("Herod the Great")
(a) #2.
(b) #1.
(c) #3.
(d) #4.
2. Who does the second shepherd say "cackles" in Scene I? ("The Second Shepherds' Pageant")
(a) A hen.
(b) Mary.
(c) The cows.
(d) Mother Earth.
3. Who closes the pageant "Abraham and Isaac"?
(a) Isaac.
(b) Abraham.
(c) A doctor.
(d) God.
4. What spring does Isaiah say would bring "forth the grain of holiness"? ("The Annunciation")
(a) God's.
(b) Israel.
(c) The Jew's.
(d) Christ's.
5. What is the first shepherd complaining about at the opening of Scene I? ("The Second Shepherds' Pageant")
(a) Being lonely.
(b) Losing a sheep.
(c) Being too hot.
(d) Being cold.
Short Answer Questions
1. In "The Fall of Man", who does Satan envy?
2. Who, in "The Annunciation", does Isaiah claim has given mankind a mortal wound?
3. How long does God tell Noah to make the Ark? ("The Flodod")
4. After telling Eve that eating from the tree would give her knowledge, what does Satan call himself? ("The Fall of Man")
5. According to the Introduction, what is known about the authors of the miracle plays?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what poetic form was "Noah's Flood" written?
2. What "justifies" Lucifer's fall from Heaven?
3. What error did Cawley correct in his Preface to the second edition of the text?
4. What does the introduction to "The Annunciation" state as its origin?
5. In the "Second Shepherds' Pageant", what are the shepherds complaining about?
6. From where do some of the features of "Herod the Great" derive?
7. What does the Messenger say to prove Herod's power?
8. According to the introduction, what is the importance of "The Fall of Lucifer"?
9. What happens to Lucifer when he plunges into Hell?
10. In the opening of "The Creation and The Fall of Lucifer", how does God declare his omnipotence?
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