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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Everyman feel when the first of his friends leaves him when he is ready for his reckoning?
(a) Betrayed
(b) Relieved
(c) Worried
(d) Angry

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

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

4. How many companions does Everyman have on his journey?
(a) 3
(b) 5
(c) 6
(d) 4

5. How was the world when it was first created?
(a) Perfect
(b) Dangerous
(c) Chaotic
(d) Bleak

6. What kind of judgment is Everyman told to live by?
(a) No judgment at all
(b) Fair Judgment
(c) Good judgment
(d) Religious Judgment

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

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

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

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

11. Why does Death tell Everyman to find something?
(a) To better submit to God’s will
(b) To prove him worthy of Heaven
(c) To cover his nakedness
(d) To offer a sacrifice

12. What does Everyman have a hard time believing after his sacraments?
(a) That he can really be forgiven
(b) That Good Deeds is stronger now
(c) That Fellowship can be trusted
(d) That angels are powerful

13. Who wrote this play?
(a) Shakespeare
(b) None of the above
(c) Martin Luther
(d) Faustus

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Death say Everyman will have to answer for?

2. How is wealth described at the end of the book?

3. What do people on Earth keep forgetting about?

4. Which century was this play written?

5. Why were these plays used to teach people?

(see the answer keys)

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