Oedipus asks kreon to kill him, since suicide would be blasphemy against the gods.

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Reading Comprehension Question from the play Everyman (lines 22-79).

GOD: I perceive here in my majesty,

How that all the creatures be to me unkind,

Living without dread in worldly prosperity:

Of ghostly sight the people be so blind,

Drowned in sin, they know me not for their God;

In worldly riches is all their mind.

They fear not my righteousness, the sharp rod.

My law that I showed, when I for them died,

They forget clean, and shedding of my blood red;

I hanged between two, it cannot be denied;

To get them life I suffered to be dead;

I healed their feet, with thorns hurt was my head.

I could do no more than I did, truly;

And now I see the people do clean forsake me.

They use the seven deadly sins damnable,

As pride, covetise, wrath, and lechery

Now in the world be made commendable;

And thus they leave of angels the heavenly company.

Every man liveth so after his own pleasure,

And yet of their life they be nothing sure:

I see the more that I them forbear

The worse they be from year to year.

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I hoped well that every man

In my glory should make his mansion,

And thereto I had them all elect;

But now I see, like traitors deject,

They thank me not for the pleasure that I to them meant,

Nor yet for their being that I them have lent;

I proffered the people great multitude of mercy,

And few there be that asketh it heartily;

They be so cumbered with worldly riches

That needs on them I must do justice,

On every man living without fear.

Where art thou, Death, thou mighty messenger?

[Enter Death]

DEATH: Almighty God, I am here at your will,

Your commandment to fulfill.

GOD: Go thou to Everyman,

And show him, in my name,

A pilgrimage he must … take

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And that he bring with him a sure reckoning

DEATH: Lord, I will in the world go run overall,

And cruelly outsearch both great and small;

Everyman will I beset that liveth beastly

Out of God’s laws, and dreadeth not folly.

He that loveth riches I will strike with my dart,

His sight to blind, and from heaven to depart--

Except that alms be his good friend--

In hell for to dwell, world without end

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In context, the phrase “Everyman … liveth beastly” means that

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According to the excerpt, __________.

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In context, the excerpt depicts Everyman as __________.

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Choose one word that best explains why the people have rejected the “multitude of mercy” offered by the speaker?

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Death’s vow to search for “both great and small,” never to relax at any point, means that

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Aristotle, the Greek critic, said that a tragic hero should be a nobleman.

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Oedipus asks Kreon to kill him, since suicide would be blasphemy against the gods.

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"Quem Quoeritis" includes an exchange between Holy Women and Jesus.

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Kreon and Teiresias (in the play Oedipus Rex) are a good example of the use of mute actors in ancient Greek drama.

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According to Aristotle, a hero is not responsible for any criminal act he commits as long as he is not aware of its criminal nature.

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Richard Caxton printed Everyman in English in the early 1600's.

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One of Sophocles' contributions was the inclusion of female actors.

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The Greek stage was limited in the use of props and scenery.

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Which is not one of the Three Unities?

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Goods states in the play Everyman: “Who calleth me? Everyman? What hast thou hast! / I lie here in corners, trussed and piled so high, / And in chest I am locked so fast, / Also sacked in bags, thou mayst see with thine eye, / I cannot stir; in packs low I lie. / What would ye have, lightly me say.” In context, this best satirizes

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The major characters in Shakespeare's tragedies are influenced by Aristotle's concept of tragic hero.

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Sophocles is noted for his clear and logical action that used political, religious, and personal elements.

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The Greeks were a war-like culture and enjoyed seeing bloodshed on the stage.

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In 1210, Pope Innocent III moved drama from the wagon processionals into the church buildings.

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According to Plato, a Greek critic, a tragic hero must fall from high to low estate.

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Elizabethan drama held to the single day theory of Classical drama.

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Messenger speaks in Everyman saying: “I pray you all give your audience, / And here [hear] this matter with reverence, / By figure a moral play- / The Summoning of Everyman called it is,”
In context, the statement that the play is "By figure a moral play" means that

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The name "Oedipus" means swollen hand.

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A messenger tells Oedipus that the king's (Oedipus's) father, _____, is dead.

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The Greek play began with the parados.

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Everyman states in the play Everyman: “ O gracious God, in the high seat celestial, / Have mercy on me in this most need; / Shall I have no company from this vale terrestrial / Of mine acquaintance that way to me lead?”
In this excerpt, Everyman pleads to God to allow help from ________.

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In the play Oedipus the Chorus make this remark about Oedipus: “Your splendor is all fallen / O naked brow of wrath and tears,/ O change of Oedipus!” In context, what has happened to Oedipus?

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With the decline and fall of Rome, drama - either as an institution or a literature - ceased to exist.

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Greek theatre was limited to three actors, although a dramatist could use as many mute actors as he wished.

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Aeschylus was a student of Sophocles.

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The end of a Greek play is called Exodos.

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Aeschylus introduces a second character to the performances.

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According to the messenger in Everyman, the actual title of the play is:

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The Summoning of Everyman

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In a carefully crafted Greek play, no god ever actively impacts the outcome of a hero's challenges.

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According to Everyman, there are _____ sacraments.

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Greek actors used giant masks to indicate their character types or emotions.

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The plot of Oedipus Rex has been called one of the most perfect dramatic plots ever conceived.

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Dionysus was the god of dance.

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According to the "Three Unities," action was restricted to one main action with few or no subplots.

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Which character in Everyman says to Everyman: "Fear not; I will speak for thee."

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Othello is known to be honest, open, sincere, and overly trusting.

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The play Everyman opens with a statement by Messenger that the “intent” of the play is “gracious / And sweet to bear away.” This means the purpose of the play is

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According to Fellowship in Everyman, what is duty?

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The play Oedipus opens with the following speech by Oedipus: “My children, generations of living / In the line of Kadmos, nursed at his ancient hearth: / Why have you strewn yourself before these altars / In supplication, with your boughs and garlands? / The breath of incense rises from the city / With a sound of prayer and lamentation.” What is Oedipus’ attitude and tone in his speech?

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Strength speaks in Everyman saying: “You spend your speech and waste your brain.” In context, this means that

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In the play Oedipus the Chorus say: “Alas the seed of men./…/ That breathe on void and are void / And exist and do not exist?” In context, what do lines 2-3 — “That breathe on void and are void / And exist and do not exist?”—mean?

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The name of the blind seer in Oedipus is Kreon.

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Greek tragedy encouraged the use of comedy and tragedy in the same play to show the duality of human nature.

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The play Oedipus opens with the following speech by Oedipus: “… Children,/ I would not have you speak trough messengers, / And therefore I have come myself to hear you- / I, Oedipus, who bear the famous name. / (To a Priest.) You, there, since you are the eldest in the company, / Speak for them all, tell me what preys upon you.” The “Priest” may be described as

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Arion added an actor to the chorus' music and dancing.