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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Most of what from the original play was preserved for the text?

2. Who closes the pageant "Abraham and Isaac"?

3. Where does Scene II open? ("The Second Shepherds' Pageant")

4. At the beginning of "The Creation of Adam and Eve", how many days has God completed working?

5. Who, in "The Annunciation", does Isaiah claim has given mankind a mortal wound?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Gabriel state that Mary is the one whom will bear the Christ child?

2. What purpose does the "Doubt of Joseph" provide in the play?

3. In the opening of "The Creation and The Fall of Lucifer", how does God declare his omnipotence?

4. What does the editor state as interesting facts that surround "The Annunication"?

5. From where did the editor obtain a copy of the manuscript to include "The Annunciation" in his collection of pageants?

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. Why does the introduction to "Herod the Great" state that Herod is a recreation of a contemporary magnate?

8. On what is the "Second Shepherds' Pageant" based?

9. What "justifies" Lucifer's fall from Heaven?

10. When were the miracle plays officially associated with Corpus Christi Day?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In many of the plays, it is man's trust in God that saves them. Discuss three individuals from the text where man's trust in God allows them to be "saved".

Essay Topic 2

Why is "Everyman" a classic example of a medieval morality play? What characteristics does it contain that allows it to follow with the themes of medieval morality plays? Name the characteristics and define how "Everyman" supports itself as a medieval morality play.

Essay Topic 3

In "Everyman", readers learn that it is only through Good Deeds that one may enter the gates of Heaven. What other of the medieval plays contains the same message? How does the play mirror the message in "Everyman"?

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