View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scenes 3, 4, 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The soldier mentions doing the best they could for David, but says that they didn't have the right length of _________.
(a) Shovel.
(b) Nails.
(c) Cloth.
(d) Lumber.

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

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

5. Nickles says that the real reason for suffering is to learn that everything ends in what?
(a) Death and dirt.
(b) Death and pity.
(c) Death and emptiness.
(d) Death and sorrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Prologue set?

2. Sarah sings a song to the children that wonders what?

3. The argument of the play is that the only way to live and transcend suffering is through what?

4. How many meanings does an allegorical story have?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 281 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample