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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does preacher Deshee call Cain?
(a) a lazy boy.
(b) a tall fellow.
(c) a surprise to Adam and Eve.
(d) a mean rascal.

2. How does Connelly refer to the girl?
(a) Nancy Nod.
(b) Jezebel.
(c) Tree Girl.
(d) Cain's Girl.

3. How do the children disturb preacher Deshee?
(a) by fanning themselves.
(b) with their questions.
(c) by laughing too much.
(d) by giving wrong answers.

4. Far away from God, what does Cain see?
(a) a sign that says Next Rest Stop 100 Miles.
(b) a sign that says Detour to Nod Parish.
(c) a sign that says Land of Nod, Parish Line.
(d) a sign that says Strangers Beware.

5. Where does the title of the play likely come from?
(a) the land of milk and honey.
(b) the shepherds that visited baby Jesus.
(c) the 23rd Psalm.
(d) the agricultural countryside of Louisiana.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Cain done to his brother?

2. How is this Adam different from the story in the Bible?

3. What does God tell Adam and Eve to do?

4. What does preacher Deshee say about God?

5. What is God wearing?

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