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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. According to the introduction to "The Crucifixion", which pageants "make a direct assault on the feelings of the audience"?

2. Who does Everyman speak of regarding his "disobedience to God"?

3. What "book" is Everyman to take along on his journey?

4. How many printed copies of "Everyman" were preserved between 1510 and 1535?

5. What does the messenger say the name of the moral play is that is being presented? ("Everyman")

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the soldiers justify, for themselves, the crucifixion of Christ?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. As the accusers are telling Jesus of the "crimes" committed, what is he doing? ("The Women Taken in Adultery")

9. From what three "raw materials" is the York "Resurrection" drawn?

10. Why is Everyman required to go to Confession?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is "Everyman" an allegorical text? What makes it an allegory? (What are the characteristics of an allegory? What specific parts of "Everyman" align with these allegorical characteristics?)

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Pride seems to be a large part of where issues arise between characters in many of the text's pageants. Choose one of the conflicts, based upon issues regarding pride, and discuss why pride was the circumventing issue.

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