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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. Why is Hezdrel not worried about Herod's burning the books?

2. What is the big news that Shem imparts?

3. How is the King of Babylon announced to the court?

4. What is Moses doing when God arrives?

5. What makes God say, "Yes!"

Short Essay Questions

1. When Noah tells Shem to let a dove loose, what does he say about his condition?

2. How does God introduce himself to Hezdrel when he goes back to Earth?

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

4. Why does Joshua lead the Hebrews across the River Jordan?

5. Back in heaven, what is God pondering?

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

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

8. How are the wild festivities of the Babylonian court interrupted?

9. What does Gabriel say about God and why he will not simply destroy all men?

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,The Use of Music in THE GREEN PASTURES. If possible listen to the music from a DVD of the movie made in 1936 during the Great Depression. Discuss the quality of the music, the choices of the songs, and the impact of the choir as a soundtrack for both the stage play and the movie.

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 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.

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