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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 is the messenger’s role in this play?

2. Who takes Everyman to see Confession?

3. What country was Everyman born in?

4. What is Goods’s response to Everyman’s accusation?

5. What is the moral of the play?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kinds of things does Fellowship offer to do for Everyman?

2. How does Death feel about Everyman when they first meet?

3. What is the audience told about sin?

4. How does Everyman try to bribe Death?

5. How does Everyman feel when Death approaches him?

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

7. What does Death do when Everyman tries to bribe him?

8. Why does God call on death?

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

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

Good Deeds changes a great deal in this book. What are some of these changes and how do they come about?

Essay Topic 2

The author of this book is unknown, and yet the content has withstood the test of time. Why of you think this was possible when most great works survive on the fame of their creators?

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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