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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. What Finnish play does "Everyman" closely resemble?
(a) "Kymmenen tikkua laudalla. "
(b) "Alivuokralainen."
(c) "Elckerlijc."
(d) "Näytelmäkulma."

2. What does Everyman tell everyone to take up with them on the journey to his grave?
(a) A prayer.
(b) A cross.
(c) A rosery.
(d) An olive branch.

3. How many times does Jesus speak in "The Crucifixion"?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) None.

4. In Scene III, who tells the others to break down the door of a woman's home? ("The Women Taken in Adultery")
(a) The accuser.
(b) A pharisee.
(c) A young man.
(d) A scribe.

5. To whom does Jesus tell man not to be vengeful towards? ("The Women Taken in Adultery")
(a) Non-believers.
(b) Their neighbor.
(c) Earth.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Caiaphas believe Jesus rose from the dead? "The Resurrection")

2. In Jesus' opening soliloquy, what is the only thing that he asks of mankind?

3. Where do Good Deeds "rise from"?

4. Who participates in a "battle of wits" in "The Women Taken in Adultery"?

5. What does Caesar do that heals him of his ailment? ("The Death of Pilate")

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Veronica given the promise that Caesar will have Pilate killed?

2. Why is Veronica's handkerchief the key to curing Caesar's leprosy?

3. How did the soldiers justify, for themselves, the crucifixion of Christ?

4. What is the content that the Messenger provides to the audience (both readers and watchers of the play)?

5. What purpose does God's opening soliloquy have in "The Judgment"?

6. Why does the editor state that The N. Town Cycle of "The Women Taken in Adultery" is the best of all cycles?

7. Why can Everyman not enter his grave with the company of Beauty, Strength, and Discretion?

8. According to the introduction, what does the York "Resurrection" represent?

9. Why is Everyman required to go to Confession?

10. According to the prologue to "Everyman", what is the treatise of the play?

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