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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Mr. Zuss says that the world is a great place, what does Mr. Nickles say it is?
(a) A garbage dump.
(b) A waste land.
(c) A dung-heap.
(d) A trash pile.

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

3. According to the allegory this play represents, human life is lived according to what?
(a) God's will.
(b) God's pleasures.
(c) Man's pleasures.
(d) Man's will.

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

5. Sarah compares their children to J.B., saying that they both show gratitude the way a woman does what?
(a) Wears a nice dress.
(b) Wears a nice pair of shoes.
(c) Wears nice jewelry.
(d) Uses purses.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. According to Mr. Zuss, why does Job not have a right to question God?

4. J.B. sings a song that says, "To be, become, and end are all _____."

5. How many maids wait near the table that J.B. and his family are sitting at?

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