What three questions does Everyman ask Death about the journey he must take? It is from a story in the Glencoe British Literature Book.

Everyman, from the mortality play
Everyman, asks Death many questions after Death tells him that he
must go upon a journey as commanded by God. At the end of the journey, Everyman will
stand before God at a reckoning.

Everyman does not wish to
go upon the journey at that moment. He asks Death if the journey can wait. Death replies
that it cannot.

Everyman actually has five questions that
he asks Death about his journey.

1. "What messenger art
thou?" (Everyman does not know Death and does not understand how he can tell him of a
journey he must take.)

2. "Shall I have no longer respite?"
(Everyman does not wish to leave immediately. He questions Death about waiting a
while.)

3. "Should I not come again shortly?" (Again,
Everyman is asking if he must leave right away.)

4. "Of
mine acquaintance that way to lead me?" (Everyman is told he must leave everything
behind. He is questioning if he must travel alone.)

5. "How
shall I do now for to excuse me?" (Everyman is wondering if there are any excuses left
for him to make to put off the journey.)