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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. Who takes Adam and Eve to middle Earth? ("The Fall of Man")

2. To whom was Isaac praying in Scene III? ("Abraham and Isaac")

3. According to the Introduction, what "type" did Abel represent?

4. What does God tell Noah about his feelings about mankind? ("The Flood")

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Lucifer when he plunges into Hell?

3. How are the "Shepherds' Pageants" distinguished from the rest of the Towneley cycle?

4. What does the Introduction state as the tie between the conflict between Cain and Abel?

5. When were the miracle plays officially associated with Corpus Christi Day?

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

7. What gifts did God bestow on Lucifer?

8. 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?

9. What are biblical pageants?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

"Everyman, and Medieval Miracle Plays have many themes contained within them, and also that traverse between them. Discuss one of the following themes in detail: sacrifice, atonement, forgiveness, or loneliness.

Essay Topic 3

In "Everyman", readers learn that it is only through Good Deeds that one may enter the gates of Heaven. What other of the medieval plays contains the same message? How does the play mirror the message in "Everyman"?

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