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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. When Nickles and Zuss are saying their lines, who says God's first line?
(a) A Distant Voice.
(b) An audience member.
(c) Nickles.
(d) Another actor.

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

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

4. How many of J.B.'s children are in a car that is hit by a drunk driver?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

5. Mr. Nickles and Mr. Zuss, in the Prologue, say that the audience is what?
(a) Earth.
(b) At rest.
(c) The ocean.
(d) Angels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sarah think the two soldiers have for her and J.B.?

2. The name "Zuss" resembles what god from Ancient Greece?

3. When the lights fade at the end of Scene 1, what shadows are left on the ceiling of the tent?

4. J.B. represents what side of belief in God?

5. What is the modern day religion closest to existentialism?

(see the answer key)

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