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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. Nickles and Mr. Zuss step onto the stage, who is Mr. Zuss going to play?
(a) God.
(b) St. Peter.
(c) Satan.
(d) Angels.

2. Nickles says that J.B. would play his role differently if he were what?
(a) Childless.
(b) Homeless.
(c) Single.
(d) Poor.

3. The name "Zuss" resembles what god from Ancient Greece?
(a) Zusstifer.
(b) Zathena.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Zussnice.

4. To Zuss and Nickles, J.B. is playing a role in deciding the argument between what two entities?
(a) Praise and thanks.
(b) God and Satan.
(c) Good and evil.
(d) Fear and faith.

5. This play, and the story of Job, are allegories for what?
(a) The human experience and philosophy.
(b) The human experience of suffering.
(c) The human experience of existentialism.
(d) The human experience in relation with God.

Short Answer Questions

1. J.B. refers to the regularity of morning and spring to show that God can be what?

2. Zuss wonders if J.B. knows that he is a(n) ______ in the story.

3. How many meanings does an allegorical story have?

4. Mr. Zuss says that evil is never ______.

5. What book of the Old Testament are Zuss and Nickles basing their lines on at the end of Scene 2?

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