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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the characters participating in the heavenly fish fry?
(a) God, Gabriel, and the Archangel.
(b) preacher Deshee's congregation.
(c) Adam, Moses, and Seth.
(d) black angels of all sizes and sexes.

2. What do Cain the Sixth and the gambling men do at the ark?
(a) shoot dice on the deck.
(b) shake their heads at it.
(c) help build it.
(d) laugh at it.

3. What does God take from a box on His desk?
(a) a cigar.
(b) a set of dominoes.
(c) a fountain pen.
(d) a piece of chocolate.

4. What does God promise Noah?
(a) it will rain 40 days and nights.
(b) there will be an ice storm.
(c) he will live to be 1,000 years old.
(d) it will never rain again.

5. How is this Adam different from the story in the Bible?
(a) he is accompanied by several women.
(b) he is short and ugly.
(c) he has wings like the angels.
(d) he is wearing work clothes.

6. How does Adam look as the scene opens after his creation?
(a) puzzled.
(b) sleepy.
(c) angry.
(d) happy.

7. After talking awhile, where do Cain and the girl go?
(a) to the river to fish.
(b) to meet her folks.
(c) to find a preacher.
(d) to a big city nightclub.

8. On the ark that Noah is to build, what does God finally allow Noah to have on board?
(a) two kegs of liquour.
(b) six barrels of beer.
(c) a still to make liquour.
(d) only one keg of liquour.

9. What does preacher Deshee call Cain?
(a) a tall fellow.
(b) a lazy boy.
(c) a mean rascal.
(d) a surprise to Adam and Eve.

10. How are the different scenarios represented in the play?
(a) as events in costumes of the Biblical period.
(b) as Greek tragedies.
(c) as tableaux posed like living statues.
(d) as events from the people's actual lives.

11. What has the boy that God lifts by his ear been doing on Sunday?
(a) fighting, cursing, and drinking.
(b) drinking, chewing tobacco, and gambling.
(c) praying, singing, and reading the Bible.
(d) singing, dancing, and whooping it up.

12. What is God wearing?
(a) a white tuxedo.
(b) a white flowing robe.
(c) a pair of overalls and a red shirt.
(d) a white shirt, white bow tie, and a Prince Albert coat.

13. Why do they not want to bury Flatfoot?
(a) they fear Cain the Sixth.
(b) they think he isn't really dead.
(c) they say he was no good.
(d) they are too lazy.

14. What hangs on God's wall next to the window?
(a) a barometer.
(b) a framed religious print with a calendar underneath
(c) a portrait of God
(d) a picture of Gabriel.

15. Why does God say he has been walking the earth?
(a) looking for good people.
(b) looking for good apples.
(c) looking for church buildings.
(d) looking for sinners.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Preacher Deshee say precipitated the argument between Cain and Abel?

2. What is everyone drinking at the fish fry?

3. What is the problem with Cherub Christina Montgomery?

4. Who is the couple who comes to make fun of Noah?

5. How is the girl dressed?

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