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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose story do Mr. Nickles and Mr. Zuss portray on the stage?
(a) Deborah's.
(b) Job's.
(c) Mary's.
(d) Joseph's.

2. In the Prologue, man is compared to a wingless, sightless insect that does what?
(a) Lands and gets run over by a car.
(b) Gets squashed by the boot of someone larger.
(c) Slams itself into a windshield.
(d) Bangs itself against a window pane.

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

4. How many aspects of human existence is this play an allegory about?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

5. Now that he is covered in blisters and everything is taken from him, J.B. prays to God for what?
(a) Death.
(b) Peace.
(c) Comfort.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nickles equates God's will not with _______, but with being ruled and submission.

2. Where is the story of Job found?

3. When Zuss and Nickles put their masks on at the end of Scene 2, what do they recite?

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

5. What does Mr. Zuss sell?

(see the answer key)

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