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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first thing Everyman does that makes Good Deeds stronger?
(a) Prays
(b) Reads the Bible
(c) Preaches to someone else
(d) Sings a hymn

2. Who does Everyman say the priests must be above?
(a) All humans
(b) The angels
(c) The Spirit
(d) Women

3. What sin are some priests said to have committed?
(a) Lechery
(b) Theft
(c) Perjury
(d) All of the above

4. What is the first Sacrament?
(a) Baptism
(b) Penance
(c) Unction
(d) Confirmation

5. Who tells Everyman about the great power of certain figures?
(a) Good Deeds
(b) Five Wits
(c) Creation
(d) Discretion

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

7. How many are hurt each time Goods succeeds?
(a) 1,000
(b) 100
(c) 100,000
(d) 10,000

8. What personality trait does this play show God has?
(a) Justice
(b) Creativity
(c) Mercy
(d) Trust

9. Why is Adam important in this play?
(a) He made the original sin
(b) He is the father of all mankind
(c) He bargained with the Devil
(d) He knew God

10. What does Kindred offer Everyman to help him?
(a) Money
(b) Defense
(c) A written statement
(d) Physical healing

11. Which of the companions stays with Everyman to the very end?
(a) Conscience
(b) Fellowship
(c) Good Deeds
(d) Penance

12. Who does God say people on earth are trying to help?
(a) Their neighbors
(b) Themselves
(c) All of the above
(d) Their families

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

14. Where is this play set?
(a) Poland
(b) France
(c) Ireland
(d) England

15. Who does God say will partake of his gift?
(a) The sinners
(b) Everyman
(c) His children
(d) The righteous few

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Goods want to kill?

2. How did most people at the time of this play view God?

3. Who officiates in Holy Sacraments?

4. What does Everyman need Fellowship to prove?

5. Who does the messenger talk to at the beginning of the play?

(see the answer keys)

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