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

2. How long does Cain feel he has been walking to get to the Land of Nod?
(a) 40 years.
(b) 40 days.
(c) 40 weeks.
(d) 40 hours.

3. After talking awhile, where do Cain and the girl go?
(a) to meet her folks.
(b) to find a preacher.
(c) to the river to fish.
(d) to a big city nightclub.

4. What is Eve wearing at her creation?
(a) a ball gown.
(b) a new gingham dress.
(c) a dress made out of leaves.
(d) a pair of coveralls.

5. What does God tell Cain to do?
(a) eat insects and honey.
(b) find a wife and have children.
(c) live with the monkeys.
(d) live in a cave.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the girl dressed?

2. What is Adam happy about as God approaches him?

3. What does Cain say about flinging a rock at Abel?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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