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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Existentialism is a philosophical movement of what century?
(a) Mid-nineteenth.
(b) Mid-twentieth.
(c) Mid-eighteenth.
(d) Mid-twenty-first.

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

3. Where does Sarah believe that blessings come from?
(a) God.
(b) Faith.
(c) The Church.
(d) Heaven.

4. What are Zuss and Nickles holding while they watch Sarah and J.B. realize their son is dead?
(a) Scepters.
(b) Their masks.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Scrolls.

5. Zuss wonders if J.B. knows that he is a(n) ______ in the story.
(a) Player.
(b) Minor character.
(c) Main character.
(d) Actor.

Short Answer Questions

1. J.B. says that Sarah "thinks you can choose among your _____: well you don't, you love the lot of them."

2. The text of the play is written in what?

3. Where is the Prologue set?

4. When Mr. Zuss climbs the ladder, what kind of mask does he find?

5. In the Prologue, man is compared to a wingless, sightless insect that does what?

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