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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. Who is the last character in "Everyman" to speak?
(a) Death.
(b) Good Deeds.
(c) A doctor.
(d) God.

2. Who was responsible for translating the Cornish trilogy into English?
(a) Jordan.
(b) Nance.
(c) Halliday.
(d) Norris.

3. From whom do analysts believe were the originators of the "horrible detail" where Christ's limbs were stretched by cords? (Introduction to "The Crucifixion")
(a) Elizabethan playwrights.
(b) Platonic theologists.
(c) Socratic theologists.
(d) Medieval playwrights.

4. How many men does Annas say took Jesus, so that no one believes that he rose from the dead? ("The Resurrection")
(a) 50,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 20,000.

5. Who does the Scribe say put forth the law that adulterers should be killed? ("The Women Taken in Adultery")
(a) God.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Moses.
(d) Pilate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Caesar say he will do upon finding out that Jesus is dead? ("The Death of Pilate")

2. On whose table does Everyman want his name written upon?

3. In Scene III, who tells the others to break down the door of a woman's home? ("The Women Taken in Adultery")

4. What are the soldiers in "The Resurrection" afraid Pilate will do if he finds out that Jesus' tomb is empty?

5. Who takes Everyman to see Confession?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why can Everyman not enter his grave with the company of Beauty, Strength, and Discretion?

2. Why is Everyman required to go to Confession?

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

4. What advice does Confession have for Everyman?

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

6. What does it take for Good Deeds to join Everyman on his journey?

7. What advice does Caesar's counselor give him regarding a cure to his leprosy?

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

9. Why is Veronica given the promise that Caesar will have Pilate killed?

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

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