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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scenes 3, 4, 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of Scene 2, after Zuss and Nickles quote lines, the lights change and the audience is taken where?
(a) To the scene of an accident.
(b) To a funeral.
(c) Back to the dining room table.
(d) To a church.

2. Whose story do Mr. Nickles and Mr. Zuss portray on the stage?
(a) Deborah's.
(b) Job's.
(c) Mary's.
(d) Joseph's.

3. When Zuss and Nickles are arguing about the role of suffering in J.B.'s life, they are ______ to the story of Job in the Bible.
(a) Colluding.
(b) Sympathizing.
(c) Alluding.
(d) Citing.

4. Sarah says that you cannot take God's blessings as a gift, but that God is owed _______ in return.
(a) Sacrifice.
(b) Something.
(c) Obedience.
(d) Thanks.

5. Nickles says that the real reason for suffering is to learn that everything ends in what?
(a) Death and dirt.
(b) Death and pity.
(c) Death and emptiness.
(d) Death and sorrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. J.B. represents what side of belief in God?

2. In the Prologue, man is compared to a wingless, sightless insect that does what?

3. How many meanings does an allegorical story have?

4. When Sarah and J.B. invite the soldiers into the house, where do they go to sit and talk?

5. When J.B. makes a reference to Sarah's love of flowers, he is referring to what?

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