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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What text was Miss Madeleine Grunberg responsible for helping the editor with?

2. What happens to Lucifer at the end of Scene I? ("The Creation, and The Fall of Lucifer" )

3. After Joseph states that he will travel to Bethlehem, what does Mary say? ("The Annunciation")

4. What error was included in the first edition of A.C. Cawley's text?

5. What does Herod say he will do to the people who do not stop talking badly about him? ("Herod the Great")

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What purpose does the "Doubt of Joseph" provide in the play?

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

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

6. In the opening of "The Creation and The Fall of Lucifer", how does God declare his omnipotence?

7. What does the introduction to "The Annunciation" state as its origin?

8. Why does Gabriel state that Mary is the one whom will bear the Christ child?

9. What does the Messenger say to prove Herod's power?

10. In what poetic form was "The Creation" written?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is "Everyman" a classic example of a medieval morality play? What characteristics does it contain that allows it to follow with the themes of medieval morality plays? Name the characteristics and define how "Everyman" supports itself as a medieval morality play.

Essay Topic 2

Pride seems to be a large part of where issues arise between characters in many of the text's pageants. Choose one of the conflicts, based upon issues regarding pride, and discuss why pride was the circumventing issue.

Essay Topic 3

Given that these plays were based off of biblical stories, what issues could the Church have with the text's representation of each pageant? (One does not need to have a specific, or any, religious beliefs to answer. This essay can be based solely off of student perceptions of "questioning facts" in the text.)

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