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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 are the shepherds doing as Mak enters the scene? ("The Second Shepherds' Pageant")

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

3. At the beginning of "The Creation of Adam and Eve", how many days has God completed working?

4. What spring does Isaiah say would bring "forth the grain of holiness"? ("The Annunciation")

5. Why does Joesph leave Mary at the end of Scene II? ("The Annunciation")

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Abraham and Isaac", why does God call for the sacrifice of Isaac?

2. Why does the introduction to "Herod the Great" state that Herod is a recreation of a contemporary magnate?

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

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

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

6. What did the Introduction state was the "unity of biblical history"?

7. Why is the story of Mak included in this pageant?

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

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

10. What gifts did God bestow on Lucifer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss why you believe that "Everyman" and "The Medieval Miracle Plays" were promoted as plays and not simply in a textual format. Do you believe that in a play format the message would reach more people? Do you believe that in play form, those confused about religious ideology could come to accept the morality lessons without being confused by the religious undertone?

Essay Topic 2

Many "parts" of Everyman are described in the play. If you were to put all of the "parts" together, what kind of person would Everyman be?

Essay Topic 3

In what ways could the pageants in "Everyman, and Medieval Miracle Plays" be consistent with moral lesson that are learned today? (If taken out of religious context, how could lessons be learned?)

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