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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 does Jesus say as he enters hell? ("The Harrowing of Hell")

2. What does Everyman tell everyone to take up with them on the journey to his grave?

3. Who owned the only two complete (the ones preserved between 1510-1535) copies of "Everyman"?

4. Who takes Everyman to see Confession?

5. Who is the first character to speak "The Resurrection"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what ways is Christ's descent into hell dramatized?

3. Why is Everyman required to go to Confession?

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

5. According to the prologue to "Everyman", what is the treatise of the play?

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

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

8. Why does Veronica stop Caesar from killing Pilate himself?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the "Medieval Miracle Plays" and compare and contrast the message that it contains to a similar message in Everyman. What are both texts trying to say? How do both texts deliver the message? Given that both texts obviously convey the same message, or it would not have been chosen for this essay, how do the texts differ? How are they similar?

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 many of the plays, it is man's trust in God that saves them. Discuss three individuals from the text where man's trust in God allows them to be "saved".

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