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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Everyman go and see Knowledge?
(a) Because Kindred suggested it
(b) Because Death took him there
(c) Because Good Deeds told him to
(d) Because Good Deeds failed him

2. How is love of money described in this play?
(a) Fleeting
(b) Dangerous
(c) Stalwart
(d) All consuming

3. What does Knowledge offer to do for Everyman?
(a) Give him money
(b) Distract Death
(c) Give him a lecture
(d) Guide him on his journey

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

5. How does Everyman feel about Good Deeds speaking for him?
(a) Unworthy
(b) Annoyed
(c) Relieved
(d) Grateful

6. Who is the third friend to leave Everyman when he is ready for his reckoning?
(a) Strength
(b) Goods
(c) Discernment
(d) Five Wits

7. Who does Five Wits tell Everyman to trust?
(a) Himself
(b) God
(c) Priests
(d) His new friends

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

9. Why is Good Deeds so weak?
(a) She is very old
(b) She has not been nurtured
(c) She gives too much
(d) She is never strong

10. What does God say is his real gift to man?
(a) Beauty
(b) Forgiveness
(c) The Spirit
(d) Religion

11. Who was this play meant to be seen by?
(a) Prisoners
(b) Royalty
(c) Commoners
(d) Catholics

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

13. What does Everyman do when he learns who Death is?
(a) Bribes him
(b) Bargains with him
(c) Scares him
(d) Runs from him

14. Who rebukes Everyman for thinking priests are above someone?
(a) Five Wits
(b) Good Deeds
(c) Beauty
(d) Knowledge

15. Why does Goods say he was sent to Earth?
(a) To deceive men
(b) To glorify God
(c) To bring pleasure to men
(d) To help men

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Everyman ask Death to do after his reckoning?

2. Who says he would be willing to kill someone for Everyman?

3. What was the purpose of this play?

4. What causes men to not want to sin anymore?

5. Who does Confession tell Everyman to follow?

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