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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. Why was God crucified?
(a) To obey the law
(b) To save men from their sins
(c) To defeat the Devil
(d) To gain allegiance

2. What does Confession give Everyman to help him?
(a) Penance
(b) Guilt
(c) Creativity
(d) Money

3. What do the Sacraments allow men to do?
(a) Pray to God more sincerely
(b) Renew their lives
(c) Ask forgiveness for their sins
(d) All of these

4. What is the death of Christ called by most religions?
(a) The Atonement
(b) The Resurrection
(c) The Crucifixion
(d) The Passion

5. What does Everyman ask Death for?
(a) Mercy
(b) More time
(c) A quick change
(d) A lack of pain

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the most educated men at the time this play was written?

2. What does Death say Everyman is living outside of?

3. What does Everyman think after talking to Kindred and Fellowship?

4. What does Everyman need Fellowship to prove?

5. How is wealth described at the end of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Knowledge tell Everyman to do?

2. How is Everyman described when we first meet him in the play?

3. How is the beginning of the world described in this play?

4. Where would this play have been performed and why?

5. What gift does God offer all men?

6. How does Everyman feel about Kindred before asking him for help?

7. What do most people think about most in life, according to this play?

8. What kinds of things does Kindred offer to do for Everyman?

9. How does Everyman feel when Death approaches him?

10. How does Death feel about Everyman when they first meet?

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