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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many people does God want to save and put on the Ark? ("The Flood")
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.
2. Who does the second shepherd say "cackles" in Scene I? ("The Second Shepherds' Pageant")
(a) A hen.
(b) Mother Earth.
(c) Mary.
(d) The cows.
3. What does Woman 2 threaten to do to the solider trying to kill her son? ("Herod the Great")
(a) Breaks the hand he touches her son with.
(b) Cleaves his scalp.
(c) Hangs him in the gallows.
(d) Drowns him in the river.
4. What was the beginning of liturgical drama?
(a) Easter.
(b) Passover.
(c) Christmas.
(d) The Second Coming of Christ.
5. What kind of "beast" does God say that he wanted to create? ("The Creation of Adam and Eve")
(a) Humble.
(b) Skillful.
(c) Spirited.
(d) Mindful.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does God say he would bring to Adam and Eve before the closing of the scene? ("The Creation of Adam and Eve")
2. In all "what" is The Flood dramatized in? (Introduction to "The Flood")
3. What does God call Noah (in regard to character)? ("The Flood")
4. What does Mary pray to God about at the end of Scene II? ("The Annunciation")
5. Where does Woman I hit the soldier? ("Herod the Great")
Short Essay Questions
1. Where, in the text of "Herod the Great", did a prophecy that Christ was born in a cave come from?
2. According to the Preface, why did A.C. Cawley choose the collection of plays that he did as a representative collection of medieval biblical pageants?
3. Why does the introduction to "Herod the Great" state that Herod is a recreation of a contemporary magnate?
4. How are the "Shepherds' Pageants" distinguished from the rest of the Towneley cycle?
5. What does the introduction to "The Annunciation" state as its origin?
6. In "Abraham and Isaac", why does God call for the sacrifice of Isaac?
7. How is the character of Noah's wife, as depicted in the pageants, different from the orthodox theological idea of her?
8. What "justifies" Lucifer's fall from Heaven?
9. In the opening of "The Creation and The Fall of Lucifer", how does God declare his omnipotence?
10. What purpose does the "Doubt of Joseph" provide in the play?
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