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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. What does God tell Gabriel he is thinking about?

2. What does God tell Moses he will do in front of the Pharaoh?

3. What is Moses doing when God arrives?

4. As Moses walks off with God, what does he not understand?

5. What is Moses' handicap when God comes to talk to him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the commotion that is going on that brings Gabriel to God's office.

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

4. Why does God say he does not like Hosea?

5. What does Ham discover when he throws the sounding line over the side of the ark?

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

7. How does the playwright suggest the Head Magician of Pharaoh's court appear?

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

9. When God appears in the Babylonian court, what does he say?

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

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 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.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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