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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Martin and Nicholas talk about?
(a) the murder.
(b) Nicholas staying with the players.
(c) the next play.
(d) their travel plans.

2. What have all plays been based on?
(a) history.
(b) the Bible.
(c) real life events.
(d) wars.

3. Why wouldn't the innkeeper haggle over the price of the accommodations?
(a) he didn't like the look of the group.
(b) he thought they were robbers.
(c) he was overbooked.
(d) they were vagabond players.

4. What terms does Martin not use to describe a play about the murder?
(a) don't need verse.
(b) Morality Play.
(c) dumb show.
(d) written script.

5. Nicholas committed adultery for:
(a) lodging.
(b) fun.
(c) food.
(d) love.

6. What does Nicholas do for the first time since joining the group?
(a) he expresses his opinion.
(b) he prays.
(c) he gives an order.
(d) he asks for money.

7. What does the group have Nicholas do after accepting him?
(a) pray.
(b) change clothes with the dead man.
(c) argues.
(d) explain his reason.

8. Who turned in Roger True's daughter?
(a) a Benedictine monk.
(b) her father.
(c) the innkeeper.
(d) a shopkeeper.

9. What is the name of the play on the murder?
(a) Virtues and Vices.
(b) Money and Murder.
(c) Cain and Abel.
(d) Play of Thomas Wells.

10. Who scares the players as they are talking at the graveyard?
(a) the Knight.
(b) the jongleurs.
(c) the gravedigger.
(d) the Monk.

11. What is the occupation of Nicholas Barber?
(a) priest.
(b) storekeeper.
(c) robber.
(d) actor.

12. What does the innkeeper demand from Martin?
(a) one fourth of the proceeds from the performance.
(b) they share the space with the jongleurs.
(c) the group of players leave immediately.
(d) half of the proceeds from the performance.

13. What does Nicholas learn from the character Straw?
(a) the song he is to sing.
(b) acrobats.
(c) mime.
(d) dance.

14. What does Martin learn will begin the next day?
(a) six days of jousting.
(b) a religious service.
(c) war games.
(d) three days of plays.

15. What does Martin see as a problem for the players?
(a) the distance they have to travel.
(b) their old costumes.
(c) the Church.
(d) the guilds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Thomas Wells died by:

2. In the road, Nicholas sees a group of people:

3. Who is the group's patron lord:

4. What role does Stephen play in the Play of Adam?

5. The group decides to:

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