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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 Aaron dressed when he comes to Moses and God?
2. What does Moses say about seeing the Promised Land?
3. Why does the Head Magician of Egypt say he cannot do tricks right away?
4. Where does God go to talk to Hezdrel?
5. What other character of the play is acted by the same person as Hezdrel?
Short Essay Questions
1. When God appears in the Babylonian court, what does he say?
2. What does Gabriel say about God and why he will not simply destroy all men?
3. What does Zipporah believe when Moses says that something is keeping him where he is?
4. What does Moses tell God is the best trick he has ever seen?
5. What is happening on the ark after Noah and his family have been on board for a long time?
6. Why does God say he does not like Hosea?
7. Describe the commotion that is going on that brings Gabriel to God's office.
8. What is Moses doing when Abraham suggest he is the right one to lead the Hebrews out of Egypt?
9. Back in heaven, what is God pondering?
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, The Children in THE GREEN PASTURES. Discuss the use of children as a dramatic device to set up the plot of THE GREEN PASTURES. Note that the children are stereotypical of children in general rather than as racial caricatures. Include examples of incessant questions, fidgeting in Sunday School, and angelic children misbehaving in the heavenly fish fry.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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