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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did most people at the time of this play view God?
(a) He was disappointed in men and their sins
(b) He was vengeful and angry
(c) He was loving and kind
(d) He was impressed with men and their accomplishments

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

3. How does Everyman feel when he finishes his sacraments?
(a) Exhausted
(b) Excited
(c) Wary
(d) Worried

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

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

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

7. What does Confession warn Everyman of?
(a) He is still being tempted
(b) The journey will be hard
(c) Death hates him
(d) Good Deeds might fail him

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

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

10. When does Everyman say he will call on his new friends?
(a) When he needs them
(b) When he is weakened
(c) When Death returns
(d) At the reckoning

11. Who asks about reincarnation in the play?
(a) Fellowship
(b) Everyman
(c) Death
(d) Kindred

12. What does the messenger say happens to things of the world that make us happy?
(a) They take away from God
(b) They make life worth living
(c) They turn to sin
(d) They fade

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

14. How does Everyman feel when Fellowship says he would die for Everyman?
(a) He doesn’t believe him
(b) He offers to do the same for him
(c) He feels lucky to have such a friend
(d) He is angry

15. How does Everyman feel when he hears why Death has come to him?
(a) Anxious
(b) Relieved
(c) Confused
(d) Shocked

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Everyman go when he dies?

2. What personality trait does this play show God has?

3. Why were the people given another chance?

4. Who is the last character to speak in this play?

5. Who is the only person who can really forgive Everyman?

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