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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does existentialism say about God?
(a) God doesn't make anything happen to mankind.
(b) God makes bad things happen.
(c) God indulges in making mankind suffer.
(d) There is no God.

2. Some people say that J.B. is lucky, but J.B. attributes his "luck" to what?
(a) God's thanks.
(b) God's acts.
(c) God's knowledge.
(d) God's blessings.

3. Where is the story of Job found?
(a) In the Pentateuch.
(b) In the New Testament.
(c) In the Apocrapha.
(d) In the Old Testament.

4. When Nickles and Zuss are saying their lines, who says God's first line?
(a) Another actor.
(b) A Distant Voice.
(c) Nickles.
(d) An audience member.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is J.B.'s grace at the meal in Scene 1?

2. In the story of Job, Satan bets God that if God were to curse Job, Job would do what?

3. The lesson of the allegory that this play represents is that we can face whatever happens with acceptance and grace. Which character represents this viewpoint?

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

5. Sarah lives her life indulging in blaming rage and what?

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