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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. Who tells Caesar's messenger that Jesus is dead? ("The Death of Pilate")

2. What kind of garment does Knowledge tell Everyman to put on after he is joined by Good Deeds?

3. To whom does Jesus tell man not to be vengeful towards? ("The Women Taken in Adultery")

4. What does Everyman offer Death to "defer this matter till another day"?

5. What Christian meaning is "made plain" in "The Women Taken in Adultery"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does it take for Good Deeds to join Everyman on his journey?

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

3. From what three "raw materials" is the York "Resurrection" drawn?

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

5. Why does the editor state that the dialogue in the N.Town cycle of "The Women Taken in Adultery" "rings true"?

6. Why was Michael able to lead Adam and the other saints, who were residing in Hell, out of the gates of Hell?

7. Why does Veronica stop Caesar from killing Pilate himself?

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

9. Describe the poetic form used in "The Judgment".

10. As the accusers are telling Jesus of the "crimes" committed, what is he doing? ("The Women Taken in Adultery")

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pride seems to be a large part of where issues arise between characters in many of the text's pageants. Choose one of the conflicts, based upon issues regarding pride, and discuss why pride was the circumventing issue.

Essay Topic 2

Rewrite one of the pageants in today's common language. How and in what ways would you keep the messages while bringing the text "current"?

Essay Topic 3

"Everyman, and Medieval Miracle Plays have many themes contained within them, and also that traverse between them. Discuss one of the following themes in detail: sacrifice, atonement, forgiveness, or loneliness.

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