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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. In what verse form is "The Women Taken in Adultery" written?

4. What is Everyman told to ask of Confession?

5. By what name is the author of "The Crucifixion" pageant known by? (As quoted by the text in reference to the author: "an unknown playwright of extraordinary talent".)

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who does Jesus tell to be the first one to punish the woman accused of adultery?

3. Why was Michael able to lead Adam and the other saints, who were residing in Hell, out of the gates of Hell?

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 editor, what is the moral aim of "Everyman"?

6. What does it take for Good Deeds to join Everyman on his journey?

7. What advice does Confession have for Everyman?

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

9. Why is Everyman required to go to Confession?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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".

Essay Topic 2

Many lessons were taught in the morality plays of the text. Which of the morality plays has the strongest message? What was the message? Why was it the most important in the text? How was the lesson taught?

Essay Topic 3

What sort of attitude towards man does God have in the plays?

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