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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. J.B. represents what side of belief in God?
(a) Similitude.
(b) Faith.
(c) Guidance.
(d) Obedience.

2. 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.

3. In the Prologue, man is compared to a wingless, sightless insect that does what?
(a) Lands and gets run over by a car.
(b) Slams itself into a windshield.
(c) Bangs itself against a window pane.
(d) Gets squashed by the boot of someone larger.

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

5. How many meanings does an allegorical story have?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) One.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

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

3. Sarah says that you cannot take God's blessings as a gift, but that God is owed _______ in return.

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

5. Nickles says that the real reason for suffering is to learn that everything ends in what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bildad say about J.B.'s claim of innocence?

2. When Sarah returns to J.B., what does she tell him is the reason she left him?

3. Why does Sarah protest J.B.'s thoughts that God doesn't punish without cause?

4. What is similar about the argument at the end of Scene 7 between Zuss and Nickles to other arguments in the play?

5. What is the conflict that J.B. and Sarah represent?

6. Who is Mr. Zuss?

7. What does placing the conflict of faith and fear in the relationship of a husband and wife suggest?

8. What is the story of Job about?

9. How does Sarah suggest that she and J.B. see into the darkness on the other side of the door?

10. Why does Nickles believe that J.B. has to suffer?

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