Everyman Final

29. Which character often says 'Alack,' 'Alas

' (Everyman)

47. What does God mean when he says he holds everyman 'elect

' (he loves his creations and will save them if they follow his rules and worship him, appreciating his sacrifice for them)

1. In what century was Everyman written

(15th)

39. How does the audience know Everyman has been forgiven at the end of the play and is going to heaven

(Angel comes to escort him to heaven)

50. Death states he gives no man 'respite,' - what does this mean

(Death does not spare anyone)

42. Why does Everyman not need Discretion to follow him into the grave

(Discretion [decision making, good judgment] is only useful in life - it is not needed after death)

28. Why does Everyman believe Goods will surely go with him

(Everyman has spent the best part of his life loving and caring for Goods)

27. What does 'Gramercy' mean

(God's mercy)

16. What character in the play has Everyman loved best before his penance

(Goods)

32. What sacraments does Everyman take from the priest

(Holy Communion and last rights [unction])

21. Who is the sister of Good Deeds

(Knowledge)

40. What kind of Doctor speaks at the end of the play - why

(a philosopher or teacher - to speak the moral of the play directly to the audience)

5. What is a morality play

(a play designed to instruct and teach a moral to the general populace)

24. Who hears Everyman's confession

(a priest)

13. What does Everyman represent in the play

(all humanity)

10. How does Everyman try to forestall death

(bribe him, ask for more time)

2. In what literary form is the play written

(dramatized allegory)

14. What is the nature of Death

(he comes unexpectedly)

46. Why does Everyman distort the description of his journey when he asks characters to join him

(he gets them to promise to go with a vague description of the journey, but when he tells the whole truth they refuse to go (except Good Deeds) - he tries to inflict guilt, to no avail, after extracting a promise of companionship from the characters in not initially telling them the whole story)

12. Why won't Cousin go with Everyman

(he has a cramp in his toe, not ready to give his reckoning)

33. Explain why Everyman scourges himself.

(he has committed sins of the flesh [physical] therefore this is a penance to seek forgiveness for this aspect of his sinfulness)

45. What does Knowledge confide to Five Wits he is worried about

(he hopes Everyman has gone to a good priest, not one who is corrupt)

48. Why does Everyman not recognize Death

(he is preoccupied with sin and does not expect to encounter Death - Death comes when one least expects it in this morality play)

41. How does Everyman achieve his goal

(he repents his sins and is allowed into eternal life)

11. When Everyman asks Fellowship for help, what is Fellowship's final offer

(he will not go, but if Everyman wants to go have a good time, he will be glad to go or if he needs help in killing someone he will help)

49. What two things does Death say have been 'lent' to Everyman

(his life and his worldly goods)

15. While Kindred refuses to go with Everyman, he offers what

(his maid to go with Everyman, if she agrees)

30. Where does Goods tell Everyman he cannot help him

(in Heaven)

17. How has Everyman spent his life

(in things of the flesh and material goods, ignoring God)

3. Who wrote Everyman

(it is not known)

20. Why is Good Deeds initially on the ground

(it is weak because Everyman has not done many good deeds)

18. What does Goods say it does to a thousand people

(makes their lives miserable - kills their souls)

9. What is the position of Death in relationship to Man and God

(messenger)

34. What is scourging

(mortification of the flesh)

4. How many acts are in the play

(one)

7. Why is God upset at the beginning of the play

(people of the world have forgotten him; they live in sin, and only think about worldly riches)

35. What is the nature of Strength

(physical strongness)

44. Five Wits explains who has the highest power on earth, even over kings, emperors, barons and dukes when it comes to religion - who is that

(priests)

23. In what does Knowledge instruct Everyman

(religious doctrine)

25. What must Everyman do in order to have a clean reckoning with God

(repent his sins through confession and penance)

43. The doctor advises that what is not possible after death

(repentance)

19. What does Goods advise Everyman should have done with some of his goods

(shared them in acts of charity and goodness with the poor)

36. Why will Beauty not go with Everyman

(she would smother in the grave - he does not need her)

31. Name the Five Wits

(taste, touch, sight, hearing, smell)

38. What does Everyman put on before he dies

(the gown of contrition that becomes his shroud)

6. At the beginning of the play, what does the Messenger warn the audience about

(though now the spectators think sin is a good thing, when it comes to the end, it will make people sad)

22. Where does Knowledge first take Everyman

(to Confession)

8. Why does God call on Death at the beginning of the play

(to find Everyman and make him answer for his sins - to give a reckoning before God)

37. Knowledge waits for what at the end of Everyman's life

(to see what will happen to him - heaven or hell?)

26. Why does Everyman seek allegorical people to go with him, as he goes with Death

(to speak for his qualities in giving his reckoning to God)

themes to use from everyman in essay

-true happiness is better than money. -it is a moral play. --you get what you give away. use these to answer the essay question. -what resonates that makes the play valuable and relevant today?