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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Scene 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the young man respond when God asks his name?
(a) Who wants to know?
(b) Soap n' water, Country Boy.
(c) Puddin' and Tame.
(d) Made in the Shade, Buster.

2. Why does God say he has been walking the earth?
(a) looking for church buildings.
(b) looking for sinners.
(c) looking for good people.
(d) looking for good apples.

3. Why doesn't God populate the earth with angels instead of men?
(a) they are not much on working crops and building levees.
(b) they would lose their wings on earth.
(c) they have a contract to stay in heaven.
(d) they would just fly back to heaven.

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

5. What kind of music accompanies the dialog and action of the play?
(a) old Negro spirituals.
(b) New Orleans jazz.
(c) banjo music.
(d) pipe organ music.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does preacher Deshee call Cain?

2. How does Adam look as the scene opens after his creation?

3. What does God promise Noah?

4. What does Noah say is wrong with women?

5. What sign is on the wall of Noah's house?

(see the answer key)

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