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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The text of the play is written in what?
(a) Choric verse.
(b) Trochaic iameter.
(c) Tetromic pentameter.
(d) Blank verse.

2. J.B. refers to the regularity of morning and spring to show that God can be what?
(a) Friendly.
(b) Helpful.
(c) Counted upon.
(d) Benevolent.

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

4. What word characterizes Zuss' and Nickles' thoughts about J.B.'s acting abilities?
(a) Negative.
(b) Sympathetic.
(c) Grand.
(d) Positive.

5. Sarah represents what side of belief in God?
(a) Justice.
(b) Righteousness.
(c) Fear.
(d) Simple.

Short Answer Questions

1. To Zuss and Nickles, J.B. is playing a role in deciding the argument between what two entities?

2. When Zuss and Nickles put on their masks at the end of Scene 7, what is the emotion they feel towards the expanse of God and the depth of his knowledge?

3. Existentialism says that life is mainly full of what?

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

5. Mr. Nickles and Mr. Zuss, in the Prologue, say that the audience is what?

(see the answer key)

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