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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 God perceive as he was sitting in Heaven? ("Everyman")
2. From whom do analysts believe were the originators of the "horrible detail" where Christ's limbs were stretched by cords? (Introduction to "The Crucifixion")
3. Why does Everyman go to see the priest before going to his own grave?
4. On whose table does Everyman want his name written upon?
5. Who does Everyman speak of regarding his "disobedience to God"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does it take for Good Deeds to join Everyman on his journey?
2. Why does Veronica stop Caesar from killing Pilate himself?
3. How did the soldiers justify, for themselves, the crucifixion of Christ?
4. According to the introduction, what does the York "Resurrection" represent?
5. Describe the poetic form used in "The Judgment".
6. According to the editor, what is the moral aim of "Everyman"?
7. As the accusers are telling Jesus of the "crimes" committed, what is he doing? ("The Women Taken in Adultery")
8. Why does the editor state that the liturgical playwrights "made little use of the Passion theme"?
9. In what ways is Christ's descent into hell dramatized?
10. What advice does Caesar's counselor give him regarding a cure to his leprosy?
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
Rewrite one of the pageants in today's common language. How and in what ways would you keep the messages while bringing the text "current"?
Essay Topic 3
Given that the collection of pageants are called "The Medieval Plays", what are the different miracles that are depicted in the text? How are the miracles supported as being miracles?
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