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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Jesus?

2. What is Mary Magdalene doing?

3. What does Judas do to Jesus?

4. Where is Jesus taken?

5. What appear on the stairs?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There is conflict between Jesus and Judas.

Part 1) Describe this conflict? Why does it take place?

Part 2) What are your thoughts about this conflict? Explain.

Part 3) How does this conflict help the plot progress? Is this conflict necessary to this story? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Judas cares only about himself.

Part 1) Why is he selfish? Is he only portrayed as being selfish? Why or why not?

Part 2) To what does this selfishness lead? Why?

Part 3) How can the audience relate to this character? How have the playwrights created this character's personality to be more easily understood by the audience?

Essay Topic 3

The crowd in Act 1, Scene 7, cheers for Jesus.

Part 1) What do they cheer? Why do they cheer this?

Part 2) How do their cheers affect Jesus' life?

Part 3) How does this cheering make later events more dramatic and tragic?

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