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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. In what verse form is "The Women Taken in Adultery" written?
(a) Anceps.
(b) Didactic cinquain.
(c) Iambic pentameter.
(d) Octaves.

2. While the scribe to talking to Jesus about adulterers, what is Jesus doing? ("The Women Taken in Adultery")
(a) Writing in the ground with his finger.
(b) Looking at the accused woman.
(c) Praying.
(d) Arguing with the scribe.

3. In Jesus' opening soliloquy, what is the only thing that he asks of mankind?
(a) To love him.
(b) To trust him.
(c) To obey him.
(d) To submit to him.

4. Who is the first character to speak "The Resurrection"?
(a) Mary.
(b) Salome.
(c) Caiaphas.
(d) Pilate.

5. According to the introduction to "The Crucifixion", which pageants "make a direct assault on the feelings of the audience"?
(a) Chester and N. Town.
(b) York and Towneley.
(c) Towneley and Chester.
(d) N. Town and York.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many devils are in "The Judgment"?

2. From whom do analysts believe were the originators of the "horrible detail" where Christ's limbs were stretched by cords? (Introduction to "The Crucifixion")

3. Who is the first character to speak in Scene I of "The Judgment"?

4. Why does Pilate agree to go and see Caesar? ("The Death of Pilate")

5. What place does "The Judgment" always take in the English cycles?

Short Essay Questions

1. What purpose does God's opening soliloquy have in "The Judgment"?

2. How did the soldiers justify, for themselves, the crucifixion of Christ?

3. Why does the editor state that The N. Town Cycle of "The Women Taken in Adultery" is the best of all cycles?

4. According to the introduction, what does the York "Resurrection" represent?

5. As the accusers are telling Jesus of the "crimes" committed, what is he doing? ("The Women Taken in Adultery")

6. According to the editor, what is the moral aim of "Everyman"?

7. Who does Jesus tell to be the first one to punish the woman accused of adultery?

8. What is the content that the Messenger provides to the audience (both readers and watchers of the play)?

9. What advice does Confession have for Everyman?

10. Why does the editor state that the dialogue in the N.Town cycle of "The Women Taken in Adultery" "rings true"?

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