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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Death plan to do with Everyman?
(a) Comfort him
(b) Torture him
(c) Bring him before the Lord
(d) Scare him

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

3. Who is the last character to speak in this play?
(a) The author
(b) The angel
(c) The messenger
(d) The doctor

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

5. Which of these is NOT one of the Sacraments?
(a) Baptism
(b) The Blood and the Flesh
(c) Cleansing and Anointing
(d) Marriage

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

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

8. What does Goods want to kill?
(a) Poverty
(b) Religion
(c) The Spirit
(d) Men’s souls

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

10. What country was Everyman born in?
(a) Italy
(b) Greece
(c) England
(d) France

11. Who does God call on first?
(a) Death
(b) Confession
(c) Everyman
(d) The Five Wits

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

13. What does Five Wits say Priests should teach?
(a) Nothing
(b) The Word
(c) Religion
(d) Prayer

14. What question does Death have for Everyman?
(a) Have you forgotten your maker?
(b) How could you forget?
(c) What right have you?
(d) Where have you gone?

15. What do the Sacraments allow men to do?
(a) Pray to God more sincerely
(b) All of these
(c) Renew their lives
(d) Ask forgiveness for their sins

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Death tell Everyman to find something?

3. Who is Everyman symbolic of?

4. What does this play teach about reincarnation?

5. How does Good Deeds respond to Everyman’s time of need?

(see the answer keys)

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