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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After coming down from their platform, how do Nickles and Zuss return to their platform?
(a) With their feet tied.
(b) With their hands tied.
(c) In handcuffs.
(d) Arm in arm.

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

3. What do the women, in Scene 8, sit on around J.B. and Sarah?
(a) Newspapers.
(b) The ground.
(c) Boxes.
(d) Stones.

4. According to Mr. Zuss, why does Job not have a right to question God?
(a) Because he's only a man.
(b) Because he wasn't worthy.
(c) Because God is the Creator.
(d) Because God is God.

5. What kind of mask is Mr. Nickles supposed to wear?
(a) A mask depicting laughter and disgust.
(b) A mask depicting discontent and hatred.
(c) A mask depicting smirking and disgust.
(d) A mask depicting evil and hatred.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nickles says that the real reason for suffering is to learn that everything ends in what?

2. Whose story do Mr. Nickles and Mr. Zuss portray on the stage?

3. Where are Zuss and Nickles when Sarah and J.B. realize their son is dead?

4. When Mr. Nickles and Mr. Zuss step onto the stage, who is Mr. Zuss going to play?

5. What does the First Messenger do when the Second Messenger tells J.B. and Sarah that their children are dead because of a drunk driver?

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