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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does preacher Deshee say about God?
(a) He eats ambrosia every day.
(b) He wears high platform shoes.
(c) He looks like a distinguished Negro preacher.
(d) He sometimes makes mistakes.

2. How are the different scenarios represented in the play?
(a) as events from the people's actual lives.
(b) as Greek tragedies.
(c) as tableaux posed like living statues.
(d) as events in costumes of the Biblical period.

3. What is God wearing?
(a) a white tuxedo.
(b) a white shirt, white bow tie, and a Prince Albert coat.
(c) a white flowing robe.
(d) a pair of overalls and a red shirt.

4. What is Adam happy about as God approaches him?
(a) he likes having nothing to do.
(b) he is thrilled to be a fisherman.
(c) he likes his line of work.
(d) he enjoys picking cotton.

5. How does God speak?
(a) with a rich, bass voice.
(b) like a Baptist preacher.
(c) in pantomime.
(d) in a high, soprano voice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does preacher Deshee call Cain?

2. Who are the characters participating in the heavenly fish fry?

3. What is the setting for the opening scene of the play?

4. What kind of music accompanies the dialog and action of the play?

5. Back in the Sunday School class, what does a girl tell preacher Deshee that Adam and Eve did?

(see the answer key)

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