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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. For whom did Cain mistake God?
2. Where is God walking on earth after not visiting there for 300 or 400 years?
3. What question does God pose to everyone?
4. How do the children disturb preacher Deshee?
5. What does God think about Cain and the girl?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the landscape of heaven as seen by the children.
2. Why do the people refuse to bury Flatfoot after Cain the Sixth stabs him?
3. At what point does Noah become aware that he is talking to God?
4. Describe the activity of the girl sitting on a tree stump when God sees her.
5. What does God say about Cain's actions?
6. What are the angels doing at the fish fry in heaven?
7. What is Eve like just after she is created?
8. What does Cain say provoked him to kill Abel?
9. Describe God's office in heaven.
10. What is God able to do with his cigar?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on the topic, THE GREEN PASTURES as a Drama Ahead of Its Time. Points in your essay should include the Civil Rights situation of blacks in the 1920s, the fact that this was a Broadway play with an all black cast, and the reasons for the discrepancies between the play's Biblical concepts and what is actually found in the Bible.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on the topic, Dramatic License in THE GREEN PASTURES. Include in your essay characters, locations, and time that are made up by Marc Connelly to put together his drama. In your essay evaluate the probable reasons for taking such liberties with the biblical accounts.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages as a critique of THE GREEN PASTURES. Discuss the points you feel are particularly good about the play as well as any parts you think are weak. End your essay with a recommendation for others to read or watch the film.
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