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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 does God select to lead the Israelites out of Egypt and into the land of Canaan?

2. What land do Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob declare as the best property on earth?

3. What is Noah's next job?

4. How many thunderbolts has Gabriel counted in the morning?

5. Why is God angry with men again?

Short Essay Questions

1. Back in heaven, what is God pondering?

2. What do the cleaning women suppose about God and his austere office?

3. What does Moses say to Pharaoh just before the last trick is performed?

4. What message does Hezdrel ask God to give to the people waiting in the hills?

5. What is happening on the ark after Noah and his family have been on board for a long time?

6. Where is Moses and what is he doing when God comes looking for him?

7. What is Moses doing when Abraham suggest he is the right one to lead the Hebrews out of Egypt?

8. What does Zipporah believe when Moses says that something is keeping him where he is?

9. Back in Sunday School, what does the audience hear preacher Deshee tell the children?

10. What does God say he will give Moses to make Pharaoh let the people leave Egypt?

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, From THE GREEN PASTURES to PRECIOUS: How the Entertainment Industry Helped Change the Concept of Black Culture. You may need to do a bit of research on stage and film dramas which gradually integrated black characters into mainstream drama, doing away with the stereotypical depictions of the past.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on the topic, The Ark as a Steamboat in THE GREEN PASTURES. The essay should include the experience black people in Louisiana had with water transportation in the 1920s. Discuss the steamboat ark as such a concept rather than a kind of stereotypical comedy. Conclude with ways different ethnic groups might view religious artifacts.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on the topic, Comedy in THE GREEN PASTURES. Select three scenes from the play that are played for their comic value. Describe the scenes and the elements that classify them as comedy. Evaluate the purpose of comedy in such a play.

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