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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. How many line stanzas were used in "The Crucifixion"?

2. Where does Scene I open? ("The Women Taken in Adultery")

3. According to the introduction to "The Crucifixion", which pageants "make a direct assault on the feelings of the audience"?

4. What device is defined as the linking of stanzas by means of verbal repetition?

5. According to Confession, who will be joining Everyman on his journey?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to the editor, what is the moral aim of "Everyman"?

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

3. What advice does Caesar's counselor give him regarding a cure to his leprosy?

4. In what ways is Christ's descent into hell dramatized?

5. Why does the editor state that the liturgical playwrights "made little use of the Passion theme"?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Given that these plays were based off of biblical stories, what issues could the Church have with the text's representation of each pageant? (One does not need to have a specific, or any, religious beliefs to answer. This essay can be based solely off of student perceptions of "questioning facts" in the text.)

Essay Topic 2

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"?

Essay Topic 3

In "Everyman", everyman asks many of his "qualities" to accompany him upon his journey. Why were each of his "qualities" disqualified from accompanying him? Which quality was able to accompany him on his journey? Why?

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