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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. What land do Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob declare as the best property on earth?
2. What trick finally gets Pharaoh to let Moses' people go?
3. Why is Hezdrel not worried about Herod's burning the books?
4. How does God show by His face that he is seeing something unusual on Earth?
5. Why does the Head Magician of Egypt say he cannot do tricks right away?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the playwright suggest the Head Magician of Pharaoh's court appear?
2. What does Moses say to Pharaoh just before the last trick is performed?
3. Back in heaven, what is God pondering?
4. When God appears in the Babylonian court, what does he say?
5. Where is Moses and what is he doing when God comes looking for him?
6. Why does Joshua lead the Hebrews across the River Jordan?
7. When Noah tells Shem to let a dove loose, what does he say about his condition?
8. What does Ham discover when he throws the sounding line over the side of the ark?
9. What is happening on Earth as the play comes to an end?
10. Describe the commotion that is going on that brings Gabriel to God's office.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on the topic, The Irony of THE GREEN PASTURES. Note that THE GREEN PASTURES was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for drama at a time in American history when the all black cast could not stay in a white hotel, eat in an upscale restaurant, and had to ride in the back of public transportation. Discuss the political irony of such a situation.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on the topic, The Contrast Between Noah and the People. Your essay should go into the details of the people's behavior that causes God to want to destroy them all; the efforts of Noah to preach to the people; and, finally, the fact that only Noah is disturbed when the people refuse to bury Flatfoot after his murder.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on the topic, The Position of Women in THE GREEN PASTURES. In your essay give examples [e.g., the cleaning women in God's office] to illustrate two points: (1) black women as inferior because of their ethnicity, and (2) black women subservient to black men [e.g., Mrs. Noah].
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