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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mr. Nickles describe Job's situation?
(a) Scary.
(b) Ridiculous.
(c) Eventful.
(d) Hideous.

2. Right before the Distant Voice quotes God's lines from the Bible, what problem is Nickles having with his mask?
(a) He cannot find it.
(b) He cannot see through it.
(c) He cannot keep ahold of it.
(d) He cannot put it on.

3. When Mr. Zuss says that the world is a great place, what does Mr. Nickles say it is?
(a) A garbage dump.
(b) A waste land.
(c) A dung-heap.
(d) A trash pile.

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

5. When Zuss and Nickles are arguing about the role of suffering in J.B.'s life, they are ______ to the story of Job in the Bible.
(a) Citing.
(b) Alluding.
(c) Sympathizing.
(d) Colluding.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sarah lives her life indulging in blaming rage and what?

2. J.B. says that unless there is guilt, what has no meaning?

3. Sarah represents what side of belief in God?

4. After Zuss calls for the lights in Scene 10, what does Nickles complain about?

5. Sarah doesn't believe J.B. that her children must have had some sin to be punished. She believes her children are what?

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