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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Death say in response to Everyman’s pleas?
(a) The change is a complicated process
(b) Justice is his job
(c) Pain is only mortal
(d) He has had enough time

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

4. What religion was followed when this book was written?
(a) The Church of England
(b) Methodist
(c) Episcopalian
(d) Roman Catholic

5. Why is there only one person who can really forgive Everyman?
(a) That is the one who watches all sins
(b) That is the law of Heaven
(c) That is the one who paid the price for sin
(d) That is the person who has God’s power

6. Why does Death say Everyman was crazy?
(a) For thinking he can bargain with Death
(b) For having no friends to call on
(c) For not being more grateful to God
(d) For ignoring all the warnings

7. What does Death say no man can do to him?
(a) Stop him
(b) Scare him
(c) Buy him
(d) All of the above

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

9. Which of these is Everyman told to rely on in life?
(a) Love
(b) Family
(c) Knowledge
(d) Peace

10. What does Goods say caused Everyman to commit many of his sins?
(a) Confusion
(b) Riches
(c) Distraction
(d) Lust

11. Who volunteers to do lustful things with Everyman?
(a) Fellowship
(b) Five Wits
(c) Death
(d) Discernment

12. Who does the messenger talk to at the beginning of the play?
(a) Himself
(b) The audience
(c) Everyman
(d) God

13. Who recites the moral of the play?
(a) A doctor
(b) God
(c) A professor
(d) An angel

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

15. Who should Good Deeds be done for?
(a) Other people
(b) Everyman
(c) Friends and family
(d) God

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does God call on first?

2. What does Death say Everyman is living outside of?

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

4. Who says they will be willing to seek out revenge for Everyman?

5. What is the death of Christ called by most religions?

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