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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is love of money described in this play?

2. Which of these is Everyman told to rely on in life?

3. Who makes way for Everyman when he dies?

4. Who does God say people on earth are trying to help?

5. How many Sacraments are there?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does this play reveal about the status of society at this time in history?

2. How is Good Deeds different from the other friends Everyman goes to for help?

3. What does Fellowship do when Everyman asks him for help?

4. Why is God upset with the people?

5. What has caused Good Deeds’s appearance when she first appears in this book?

6. What is Death’s response to Everyman’s pleas to him?

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

8. What does Death do when Everyman says Death’s coming is unfair?

9. Why is Goods not able to do what Everyman asked of him?

10. How does Everyman try to bribe Death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Five Wits is one of the friends helping Everyman in his journey. How does he do this, and how is this help different than what is offered by the other friends?

Essay Topic 2

This play is a morality play. What does this mean, and how does this play fit into this unique genre?

Essay Topic 3

Goods was sent to Earth for a specific purpose. What was this purpose, and how did this affect Everyman in turn?

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