Everyman

What are the qualities of Discretion (Mark all that apply.)?

- care in speech and action - good judgment

Death tells Everyman God is thinking of him from heaven.

True

What words or phrases show Everyman's emotions?

"I may well weep with sighs deep." (Line 183) "For now, I fear pains huge and great." (Line 190) " O gracious God, in the high seat celestial, Have mercy on me in this most need!" (Lines 152-3)

What three extravagant and hasty promises does Fellowship make as he urges Everyman to "show him the grief of his mind" (Mark all that apply.)?

- "I will not forsake thee to my life's end." - "For, in faith, and thou go to hell, I will not forsake thee by the way!" - "If any have you wronged, ye shall revenged be, though I on the ground be slain for thee."

Reread Lines 146 to 203 and check three questions Everyman asks Death to answer.

- Where can he go to escape endless sorrow? - May he have someone to go with him? - May he come back from his pilgrimage?

What are the seven sacraments Five Wits speaks of?

- confirmation - marriage - priesthood - baptism - sacrement of God's flesh and blood - penance - extreme Unction

The Messenger says that the play the audience is about to see teaches that (Mark all that apply.): _____

- life is transitory - Everyman will be called to a reckoning of his life

Under what circumstances does Fellowship say he would gladly accompany Everyman?

- to eat and drink and make good cheer - to go along to help murder someone

List three sets of contrasting words used by Everyman in his second soliloquy.

- unkind, kinsmen - fellowship, forsaken - merry, sorrow

Everyman's description of the reckoning he must make (Lines 338 through 342) includes all his ______, all ______ deeds, and all _______ that he has refused.

- works - sinful - virtues

"Here at your will we be all ready."

Beauty

What advice does Everyman give the audience?

Commit our spirit to God and rely on characters to save you

"Go with a good advisement and deliberation."

Discretion

Goods _____ try to spare Everyman's feelings

Does not

Throughout this scene, Everyman observes the discrepancy between the words and actions of those around him. What is the lesson the play is trying to teach us?

Don't trust everyone you meet.

"I pray God reward you in his heavenly sphere."

Everyman

Write a brief paragraph describing Everyman's feelings after he hears that Good Deeds is no longer weak and sad, and that his contrition will bring him God's forgiveness (Lines 618 through 655).

Everyman loves Good Deeds voice and happy with tears that Good Deeds is well and can walk.

God says all creatures grow better from year to year.

Falae

Confession's gift to Everyman is a Bible which he is to use to make atonement for his sins.

False

Death says he will not strike anyone who loves riches and does not give alms.

False

Everyman asks Good Deeds to stay there on the ground while he completes his journey

False

Everyman does not have a happy ending

False

Everyman is not greatly worried about appearing before God with his account books.

False

Everyman says he is grateful for Fellowship's company during his greatest need.

False

Everyman tries to read his account books but cannot because his eyes are filled with tears.

False

Good Deeds says she will not go along with him even after he has received healing for his sins in Confession

False

The Doctor says that having one's reckoning clear is not necessary after all.

False

What do you learn about the character of Fellowship?

Fellowship is loyal to a point, but is selfish and doesn't take any unnecessary danger.

"Thou art the surgeon that cureth sin deadly:"

Five Wits

Write a brief description of God as He reveals His personality in the lines you have just read.

God is a loving Character who is forgotten by people and forsaken by them. He was kind to them, healed them, and was selflessly willing to die for them.

Write a brief paragraph describing how you would present Good Deeds on the stage. Use the details in her speeches as well as those in Everyman's comments about her as the basis for your characterization.

Good Deed is a character who is weak and can barely speak

How do you think Everyman feels?

I think Everyman feels lonely, sad, and a bit angry that close friends who promised to go with him had forsaken him.

Write a brief paragraph explaining how Kindred and Cousin's commitment to Everyman changes throughout this excerpt and how that impacts Everyman's state of mind.

Kindred and Cousin were, at first, willing to die with Everyman but when that time came they backed away. Everyman felt sad and forsaken by the people they most trusted to help him.

How does Beauty act when she sees the grave and learns she is expected to step into it?

She is scared and leaves.

How does Strength show the ruder side of his nature?

Strength calls it a game and doesn't like it and doesn't really care about Everyman. He doesn't take it seriously.

What is Fellowship's first reaction when he learns the reason for Everyman's distress?

Surprised and refuses to go with Everyman.

What has Everyman learned from this harsh experience?

That he cannot take anything with him into the afterlife like strength, five wits, etc. and that he has to be ready for the afterlife.

How do the characters in this section differ from Everyman's "fair-weather friends" in their relationship to Everyman?

They agree to stay by Everyman's side and go with and encourage Everyman.

"In prosperity men friends may find, which in adversity be full unkind" means that fair-weather friends are not to be relied upon.

True

Another statement in this passage says that relatives will come to the help of their own, even if reluctantly, simply because they are kin.

True

Death says Everyman is thinking not of his coming but of earthly pleasure and wealth.

True

Everyman asks Confession to wash him free from the stains of his sins.

True

Everyman asks Good Deeds if something heavy fell on her.

True

Everyman cannot read his account books because he cannot see a single letter.

True

Everyman commits his soul to God when he prays, "Into thy hands, Lord."

True

Everyman is thankful because Knowledge will go with him, to be his guide to Confession.

True

Everyman prays, "Ah, Lady, help," when he is forsaken by Fellowship.

True

Everyman tries to bribe Death for more time.

True

Everyman's reckoning means he will have to account for his actions, and the way he has spent his life.

True

Fearing damnation, Everyman pleads with Good Deeds to help him straighten out his account before Christ his Redeemer.

True

God reminds us that he is going to have an accounting from every man

True

God says all creatures forget Him.

True

God says people never say "thank you" to Him for life and the grace of living happily with Him which He intends.

True

Good Deeds is so tied down by Everyman's sins that she cannot rise from the ground.

True

Good Deeds would if she could, but she cannot; she advises Everyman to consult her Sister, Knowledge, who will help him.

True

Her reply, not meant to be humorous, has a bit of comic satire about it. "Thanks to you," she says, in effect.

True

In Everyman's prayer he recites the main events of God's mercy to mankind in sending him a Redeemer born of a virgin, to atone for Adam's sin of disobedience.

True

Kindred and Cousin promise to stick by Everyman, live with him, and die with him.

True

Knowledge says Everyman must also take along his Five Wits as counselors.

True

Knowledge waits to see what happens to Everyman because Knowledge is curious.

True

The angel's voice is heard welcoming the soul of Everyman.

True

The transitory nature of Goods, Pleasures, Beauty and Friends is clear to Good Deeds when she says, "All fleeth save Good Deeds."

True

Those whom Good Deeds says Everyman must take along are Discretion, Strength, and Beauty.

True

What do we learn about human nature from Kindred and Cousin?

When brought with the decision of death they run away from it and don't comfort Everyman. They leave him alone and become a bit selfish.

What help is Kindred willing to offer Everyman instead of going along himself? Quote the line in the poem exactly (You do not need to add the punctuation.).

Ye shall have my maid with all my heart

Everyman _____.

curses him for his treachery

Goods tells Everyman he will _____ as he has deceived him

deceive others

Everyman is still so desperate for company that _____.

he begs Goods to stay with him

Everyman was mistaken in thinking _____ his property.

he owned

Goods _____ because Everyman is in such difficulty.

is glad

Goods goes out _____.

laughing

Everyman learns from his dialogue with Goods that he _____.

loved possessions excessively

Goods is _____ than the others in his answers to Everyman.

more direct

Reread Lines 183 to 203. This part is Everyman's first soliloquy. How does Everyman feel about his dilemma?

sad, regretful, and unready.

Why does Cousin say she unable to accompany Everyman?

she has a cramp in her toe

In lines 351 through 354 we find out _____.

that Kindred is not kind and Everyman must travel alone

What does Everyman tell Fellowship that seems to convince him not to go along?

that no one can return from that journey till the day of doom

Goods tells Everyman he cannot go with him to the reckoning because he is _____ to endure.

too brittle