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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. Where does Woman I hit the soldier? ("Herod the Great")
(a) On his shin.
(b) On his belt.
(c) On his foot.
(d) On his hood.
2. What happens to Lucifer at the end of Scene I? ("The Creation, and The Fall of Lucifer" )
(a) He and all bad angels fell from heaven.
(b) He refused to listen to God.
(c) He fought a war against God.
(d) He murdered an angel.
3. Where did the "Shepherd's Pageants" originate from?
(a) A myth.
(b) An Easter play.
(c) The Bible.
(d) A Latin Christmas troupe.
4. In the plays, what directions are bracketed?
(a) Editorial directions.
(b) Stage directions.
(c) Lighting directions.
(d) Sound directions.
5. To what does the third shepherd compare the current weather to? ("The Second Shepherds' Pageant")
(a) Noah's flood.
(b) The weather when Satan fell from heaven.
(c) The burning of the desert.
(d) The drought of Isaiah.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what language was the text in which Mr. R.L. Thompson helped the editor make comparisons?
2. At the opening of Scene I, what is Abraham doing? ("Abraham and Isaac")
3. Who does the second shepherd say "cackles" in Scene I? ("The Second Shepherds' Pageant")
4. What text did the editor use for his translation of "Everyman"?
5. In all "what" is The Flood dramatized in? (Introduction to "The Flood")
Short Essay Questions
1. What purpose does the "Doubt of Joseph" provide in the play?
2. What does the introduction to "The Annunciation" state as its origin?
3. Where, in the text of "Herod the Great", did a prophecy that Christ was born in a cave come from?
4. What does the editor state about the superiority of the Brome play ("Abraham and Isaac") over all others?
5. What error did Cawley correct in his Preface to the second edition of the text?
6. 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?
7. What are biblical pageants?
8. From where do some of the features of "Herod the Great" derive?
9. What does Noah do as he leaves the ark for the first time in forty days?
10. What is Noah's wife's position on the ark?
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