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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. What does Everyman ask Death to do after his reckoning?

2. What does this play teach about reincarnation?

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

4. How does Knowledge respond at first when Everyman asks him for help?

5. What does Five Wits say about the bad things said about Priests?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Everyman try to bribe Death?

2. What is the audience told about sin?

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

4. What is the audience told to do at the beginning of the play?

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

6. What are the seven Sacraments?

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

8. What is the doctor’s role in this play?

9. Why does Everyman partake of the Seven Sacraments?

10. What kind of play is this, and what does this genre entail?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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