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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. Where is Confession located?

2. Why does Death say Everyman was crazy?

3. Who is the third friend to leave Everyman when he is ready for his reckoning?

4. When does Everyman say he will call on his new friends?

5. Why should men never put off salvation?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Knowledge tell Everyman to do?

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

4. What causes some of these friends to leave Everyman in his journey?

5. Why does Everyman hope he can come back to Earth after his death?

6. Where would this play have been performed and why?

7. How does Everyman try to bribe Death?

8. What does Kindred do when Everyman asks him for help?

9. Who are the friends who help Everyman in his journey?

10. Who sent Goods to Earth?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Everyman meets his death at the end of the play. How is this experience different than he had originally anticipated?

Essay Topic 2

Everyman had many high and lofty goals in life. How did he go about achieving these?

Essay Topic 3

Purity is a main theme of this book. How is this theme presented, and why would this be so central in a plot like this?

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