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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Sarah arranging on the table when she and J.B. notice two drunk soldiers across the street?
(a) Silverware.
(b) Place settings.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Napkins.

2. Who urges J.B. to take the new life that is being offered to him?
(a) The Distant Voice.
(b) Zuss.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Nickles.

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

4. When J.B. makes a reference to Sarah's love of flowers, he is referring to what?
(a) Their children.
(b) Their family.
(c) Their possessions.
(d) Their blessings.

5. Nickles says that the show of power with the Distant Voice and the wind means what to a man who has lost everything?
(a) Something.
(b) Everything.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A lot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Distant Voice meant to represent?

2. At the beginning of Scene 2, what do Zuss and Nickles remove?

3. How many aspects of human existence is this play an allegory about?

4. At the end of the Prologue, what holiday is J.B. shown at?

5. The final argument between Zuss and Nickles in Scene 7 mirrors an argument they have at the end of what scene?

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