Test 6: Everyman, Lines 1-118

Question 1

to give ear to; to listen to

Answer 1

give audience

Question 2

wealth; success

Answer 2

prosperity

Question 3

the protagonist in the play; represents all mankind

Answer 3

Everyman

Question 4

temporary; not permanent

Answer 4

transitory

Question 5

the prologue speaker who announces the central idea of the play

Answer 5

Messenger

Question 6

the capital vices; opponents of the Christian virtues

Answer 6

seven deadly sins

Question 7

to refrain from enforcing something that is due

Answer 7

forbear

Question 8

a messenger of God; represents that from which no man can escape

Answer 8

Death

Question 9

praiseworthy; laudable

Answer 9

commendable

Question 10

weighed down; burdened

Answer 10

cumbered

Question 11

a call to account for one’s actions

Answer 11

reckoning

Question 12

to attack on all sides; to assail

Answer 12

beset

Question 13

all of the actions for which one will have to face judgement

Answer 13

book of count

Question 14

offered for acceptance

Answer 14

proffered

Question 15

How does the Messenger ask the viewers to receive the play?

Answer 15

He asks them to hear the matter with reverence.

Question 16

The writer of Everyman includes antitheses in God’s speech. Identify the antithesis.

Answer 16

Of ghostly slight, the people be so blind

Question 17

Though God intends pleasure for man and lends him his being, man is not:

Answer 17

thankful

Question 18

List the seven deadly sins:

Answer 18

pride, covetise (greed), wrath, lechery (lust), envy, gluttony, sloth

Question 19

What two things does Death ask of Everyman?

Answer 19

to take a long journey; to bring thy book of count