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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which century was this play written?
(a) The 16th
(b) The 15th
(c) The 13th
(d) The 14th

2. Where can Goods help Everyman?
(a) This world
(b) Heaven
(c) None of the above
(d) Hell

3. What book is referenced by the messenger?
(a) The Book of Life
(b) The New Testament
(c) The Book of Laws
(d) The Bible

4. Who is able to escape death, according to this play?
(a) The righteous
(b) Angels
(c) Everyman
(d) Nobody

5. What do people on Earth keep forgetting about?
(a) Church
(b) Hard work
(c) Family
(d) God

6. Where would this play have been performed when it was written?
(a) Theaters
(b) Churches
(c) Street Markets
(d) All of the above

7. When does Everyman say he will call on his new friends?
(a) When Death returns
(b) When he is weakened
(c) When he needs them
(d) At the reckoning

8. Why does Death say Everyman must die?
(a) Because of the plan of salvation
(b) Because of the first sacrament
(c) Because of Adam’s sin
(d) Because of God’s suffering on the cross

9. What keeps Everyman from fully trusting others?
(a) He knows they are mortal
(b) His friends keep leaving him
(c) He hasn’t known very many good people
(d) He thinks everyone might be like him

10. Who hears someone making way for Everyman when he dies?
(a) Five Wits
(b) Knowledge
(c) Discernment
(d) Strength

11. Who does this play say priests should be role models for?
(a) Church goers
(b) Children
(c) Women
(d) Society

12. Where does Everyman go when he is ready for his reckoning?
(a) The grave
(b) Death’s door
(c) The church
(d) His bed

13. How does Kindred offer to help Everyman just before he leaves?
(a) Give him money
(b) Lie for him
(c) Find someone else to go with him
(d) Hide him

14. Who takes Everyman to see Confession?
(a) Knowledge
(b) Beauty
(c) Five Wits
(d) Good Deeds

15. Who is the first person to speak in this play?
(a) Death
(b) The Messenger
(c) God
(d) Everyman

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kindred offer Everyman to help him?

2. What kind of play is this?

3. Who were the most educated men at the time this play was written?

4. What does Goods say caused Everyman to commit many of his sins?

5. Who does Five Wits tell Everyman to trust?

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