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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. How is the illusion of marching created on stage?
2. What is Moses doing when God arrives?
3. What does Moses' wife, Zipporah, suggest Moses do?
4. Why does one village get singled out for thunderbolts?
5. Why does Noah tell Japheth to take the dove to the other animals?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Gabriel say about God and why he will not simply destroy all men?
2. How does the playwright suggest the Head Magician of Pharaoh's court appear?
3. Describe the commotion that is going on that brings Gabriel to God's office.
4. Back in Sunday School, what does the audience hear preacher Deshee tell the children?
5. What is happening on the ark after Noah and his family have been on board for a long time?
6. Why is God happy as Noah, his family, and the animals leave the ark?
7. What is happening on Earth as the play comes to an end?
8. What do the cleaning women suppose about God and his austere office?
9. What does God say he will give Moses to make Pharaoh let the people leave Egypt?
10. Discuss the made up character God finally goes to the window to see.
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, 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 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, Black Heaven in THE GREEN PASTURES. Itemize the features of heaven as presented in the play and discuss them as being relevant to the black culture of their day. Contrast the idea of a community fish fry to the more conventional concept of walking on golden streets strumming a harp.
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