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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Herod call his knights? ("Herod the Great")
(a) Sinners.
(b) Thieves.
(c) Saints.
(d) Cowards.

2. How many children did the soldiers state that they had murdered? ("Herod the Great")
(a) 150.
(b) Thousands.
(c) 98.
(d) Hundreds.

3. What does God tell Noah about his feelings about mankind? ("The Flood")
(a) He wished he had never made man.
(b) He blames Eve for the fall of mankind.
(c) He wished that man would change his ways.
(d) He wishes that Satan would leave mankind alone.

4. Where does Mak tell the shepherds his wife is? ("The Second Shepherds' Pageant")
(a) By the cross.
(b) By the sheep.
(c) In town buying wheat.
(d) At home.

5. In Scene II, where are Joseph and Mary? ("The Annunciation")
(a) In Joseph's home.
(b) On a road.
(c) In a manger.
(d) In Mary's home.

6. What text was Miss Madeleine Grunberg responsible for helping the editor with?
(a) "Noah's Flood."
(b) "Everyman."
(c) "Elckerlyc."
(d) "The Judgement."

7. After Joseph states that he will travel to Bethlehem, what does Mary say? ("The Annunciation")
(a) That she will miss him.
(b) That she will need to be brought later.
(c) That she will wait behind.
(d) That she will come with him.

8. Where does Woman 3 threaten to hit the soldier? ("Herod the Great")
(a) In the mouth.
(b) In the head.
(c) In the nose.
(d) In the knee.

9. What does "Natumque pariet" mean? ("Herod the Great")
(a) Bear a son.
(b) Naure will not offend.
(c) Named by prophets.
(d) Papers of nature.

10. What does Cain offer as a sacrifice to God in Scene III? ("Cain and Abel")
(a) A sheaf.
(b) A bird.
(c) A sheep.
(d) A rabbit.

11. In all "what" is The Flood dramatized in? (Introduction to "The Flood")
(a) Christian myths.
(b) Catholic doctrines.
(c) Religious faiths.
(d) Miracle cycles.

12. According to the Introduction, what "type" did Abel represent?
(a) "The Hope for Mankind."
(b) "Christ the Good Shepherd."
(c) "A Type of the Jews."
(d) "A Sacrifice for Mankind."

13. Where does "The Second Shepherds' Pageant" end?
(a) A stable.
(b) Mak's home.
(c) An open field.
(d) An inn.

14. What ceremony was held on Holy Innocents' Day?
(a) Feast of Saints.
(b) Passover Feast.
(c) Feast of Fools.
(d) Boy Bishop.

15. What happens to Lucifer at the end of Scene I? ("The Creation, and The Fall of Lucifer" )
(a) He fought a war against God.
(b) He and all bad angels fell from heaven.
(c) He refused to listen to God.
(d) He murdered an angel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first shepherd complaining about at the opening of Scene I? ("The Second Shepherds' Pageant")

2. Who takes Adam and Eve to middle Earth? ("The Fall of Man")

3. What does Woman 2 threaten to do to the solider trying to kill her son? ("Herod the Great")

4. What are the shepherds doing as Mak enters the scene? ("The Second Shepherds' Pageant")

5. Who comes to see Joseph immediately after he leaves Mary? ("The Annunciation")

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