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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Nickles asks J.B. if he knows what happens at the end, J.B. says what?
(a) That this is a new beginning.
(b) That there is no end.
(c) That only God knows everything.
(d) That he doesn't know anything.

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

3. How many children do J.B. and Sarah have?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

4. When Mr. Zuss climbs the ladder, what kind of mask does he find?
(a) Beautiful and peaceful.
(b) Beautiful and powerful.
(c) Restful and angelic.
(d) Restful and glorious.

5. How does Nickles characterize Sarah and J.B.s experiences in the play, thus far?
(a) Indecent and immoral.
(b) Ridiculous and spiteful.
(c) Disgusting and trite.
(d) Regressive and hateful.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Nickles want to do when he climbs down the ladder?

3. Nickles says that J.B. would play his role differently if he were what?

4. 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.

5. Zuss wonders if J.B. knows that he is a(n) ______ in the story.

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