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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the messenger say the name of the moral play is that is being presented? ("Everyman")
(a) "Summoning of Everyman."
(b) "Every-Man."
(c) "Everyman-A Search For Self."
(d) "A Formal Questioning of Everyman."

2. Who does the Scribe say put forth the law that adulterers should be killed? ("The Women Taken in Adultery")
(a) God.
(b) Moses.
(c) Pilate.
(d) Jesus.

3. How many line stanzas were used in "The Crucifixion"?
(a) 6.
(b) 12.
(c) 9.
(d) 8.

4. What place does "The Judgment" always take in the English cycles?
(a) The concluding pageant.
(b) The secular pageant.
(c) The middle pageant.
(d) The most meaningful pageant.

5. At the end of "Cain and Abel", what does Cain state that he wanted to hide from?
(a) Man's sight.
(b) His parents.
(c) The heavenly angels.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jesus' first line in the play translate to mean? ("The Women Taken in Adultery")

2. At the opening of Scene II, what does Satan tell Eve he was? ("The Fall of Man")

3. What did the introduction state was the name of the sheep-stealer? ("The Second Shepherds' Pageant")

4. When Joseph returns to Mary, at the end of Scene I, what does he ask her? ("The Annunciation")

5. What does God say he would bring to Adam and Eve before the closing of the scene? ("The Creation of Adam and Eve")

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