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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does God want to partake of his gift?
(a) The righteous few
(b) Everyman
(c) The sinners
(d) His children

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

3. Who gives the priests their power?
(a) Death
(b) The Spirit
(c) Fellowship
(d) God

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

5. What does Everyman think after talking to Kindred and Fellowship?
(a) He can’t believe he considered them friends
(b) He is a lucky man
(c) He is more scared than ever
(d) He sees the truth of things now

Short Answer Questions

1. What help does God need?

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

3. What kind of judgment is Everyman told to live by?

4. What Bible story is alluded to when Everyman begins his journey?

5. Why does Everyman tell Death it is unfair for him to leave now?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Everyman at the end of this play?

2. Why does God call on death?

3. What are some of the reasons Everyman gives for Death’s visit to be unfair?

4. Why does Death say Everyman must die?

5. How does Everyman try to bribe Death?

6. What does Everyman beg Death for, and why?

7. What are the seven Sacraments?

8. How does Everyman feel about Fellowship after asking him for help?

9. What does Death tell Everyman to do to prove he is worthy of Heaven?

10. How is the beginning of the world described in this play?

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