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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. Who are the characters participating in the heavenly fish fry?
2. Why doesn't God populate the earth with angels instead of men?
3. After being warned not to eat fruit of one tree, what happens?
4. What has Cain done to his brother?
5. What is the main item of furniture in God's office?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Adam appear to be a bit puzzled when he is first seen?
2. What is God able to do with his cigar?
3. How does preacher Deshee describe God when the children want to know what he looks like?
4. What does the ark look like as it is built?
5. Describe Noah as his sons do the construction on the ark.
6. What is the point of view for the plot to proceed?
7. What does God say about Cain's actions?
8. After 300 or 400 years, what does God decide to do and why?
9. What does preacher Deshee have to say about Cain?
10. What has Cain done as God comes down to Earth?
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, What the Viewer Can Get from THE GREEN PASTURES Today. Placing the play in its Depression era setting, your essay should include (1) how black stereotypes are used in the play, (2) the play's value in giving a real sense of history, and (3) the importance of remembering stereotypes as a way of keeping social perspective.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on the topic, The Concept of Sin in THE GREEN PASTURES. Select scenes that deal with sin in the play [e.g., Noah's description of the people's behavior and Zeba's behavior or Cain the Sixth's character] to discuss the overt human actions looked upon as sin in the play. Include how God prohibits dancing on the moon by declaring it a sin.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on the topic, The Contrast Between Noah and the People. Your essay should go into the details of the people's behavior that causes God to want to destroy them all; the efforts of Noah to preach to the people; and, finally, the fact that only Noah is disturbed when the people refuse to bury Flatfoot after his murder.
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