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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. When God appears to Noah on the deck, what does he say?
2. What does God say Pharaoh will do when Moses asks for the children of Israel?
3. How is Aaron dressed when he comes to Moses and God?
4. Back in heaven with God looking seriously at the audience, what does Gabriel want to do?
5. What does Gabriel say about God's attitude toward man?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Ham discover when he throws the sounding line over the side of the ark?
2. Why does God say he does not like Hosea?
3. Describe the commotion that is going on that brings Gabriel to God's office.
4. Where is Moses and what is he doing when God comes looking for him?
5. Why does Joshua lead the Hebrews across the River Jordan?
6. Discuss the made up character God finally goes to the window to see.
7. How are the wild festivities of the Babylonian court interrupted?
8. What does Gabriel say about God and why he will not simply destroy all men?
9. Why is God happy as Noah, his family, and the animals leave the ark?
10. How does the playwright suggest the Head Magician of Pharaoh's court appear?
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, Two Different Views of God in THE GREEN PASTURES. Discuss the vengeful nature of God in the first part of the play--expulsion from the garden, the flood, the deaths of Egypt's first born, the destruction of Jericho, etc. Part two of the essay includes Hezdrel's view of God and God's smile as Jesus is being crucified.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on the topic, The Irony of THE GREEN PASTURES. Note that THE GREEN PASTURES was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for drama at a time in American history when the all black cast could not stay in a white hotel, eat in an upscale restaurant, and had to ride in the back of public transportation. Discuss the political irony of such a situation.
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