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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. Which of the following does the Messenger state will "fade from thee as a flower in May"? ("Everyman")

2. What device is defined as the linking of stanzas by means of verbal repetition?

3. How many times does Jesus speak in "The Crucifixion"?

4. What does God perceive as he was sitting in Heaven? ("Everyman")

5. In Scene III, who tells the others to break down the door of a woman's home? ("The Women Taken in Adultery")

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What advice does Confession have for Everyman?

4. Why is Veronica given the promise that Caesar will have Pilate killed?

5. Why does the editor state that the liturgical playwrights "made little use of the Passion theme"?

6. Describe the poetic form used in "The Judgment".

7. Why can Everyman not enter his grave with the company of Beauty, Strength, and Discretion?

8. Why is Veronica's handkerchief the key to curing Caesar's leprosy?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In "Everyman", everyman asks many of his "qualities" to accompany him upon his journey. Why were each of his "qualities" disqualified from accompanying him? Which quality was able to accompany him on his journey? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Given that these plays were based off of biblical stories, what issues could the Church have with the text's representation of each pageant? (One does not need to have a specific, or any, religious beliefs to answer. This essay can be based solely off of student perceptions of "questioning facts" in the text.)

Essay Topic 3

How does Everyman change from the time that Death contacts him until he descends into the grave?

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