What were the movable stages outside of churches called?
Pageant wagons or pageant carts
100
The author of The Second Shepherd’s Pagaent has not been identified but his style is distinct enough that he is referred to as what?
The Wakefield Master
100
Who wrote Everyman?
Anonymous
100
Who follows Everyman into the grave?
Good Deeds
100
In the play, Everyman goes in search of:
Someone to accompany him in death
200
At first, the actors in mystery plays were whom?
Actors were from the craft guilds
200
How many plays are in the Wakefield cycle?
32
200
The play is announced to the audience by:
The messenger
200
In the play, Everyman is told that he must:
Account for all of his sins
200
How does Everyman react to the summons by Death?
He asks for more time and he tries to bribe him.
300
What were craft guilds?
groups of workers from specific areas such as carpenters, wool merchants, etc. We would consider them unions today.
300
Which guild sponsored The Second Shepherd's Pageant?
No one knows.
300
Why is Good Deeds at first unable to accompany Everyman?
Good Deeds is at first unable to accompany him because they are weak from being neglected and ignored.
300
Everyman’s Good-Deeds are built up when he fulfills his ________.
Repentance
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Everyman’s problems stem from the fact that?
He didn’t do enough work for goodness
400
Why did the profession of acting and writing arise?
As plays began to get more sophisticated and required special skills, the profession of actors and writers arose.
400
The Second Shepherd's Pageant is a favorite to be performed during what time of year?
Christmas
400
How does the order in which Beauty, Strength, Discretion, and Five Wits abandon Everyman parallel the process of aging?
It is the order we lose things as we age.
400
What is the major theme of Everyman?
The inevitability of death
400
The message of Everyman is meant from whom in medieval times?
The middle class
500
What dramatic technique developed in the medieval period will be put to good use in the Renaissance theatre era?
Colorful, dramatic devil characters will be transformed into sophisticated villains.
500
What is the Second Shepherd’s Pageant about?
It is the story of Luke of the birth of Jesus as witnessed by the shepherds twisted with the folklore of a shepherd who steals a lamb and tries to pass it off as his baby.
500
Everyman is told that he should wear a robe of _________ so God can see his outward sign of sadness for his sins.