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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Allegory is a form of extended ______.
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Analogy.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Simile.

2. When Zuss and Nickles put their masks on at the end of Scene 2, what do they recite?
(a) Biblical poetry.
(b) Biblical commentary.
(c) Biblical titles.
(d) Biblical verse.

3. What does existentialism say about God?
(a) God doesn't make anything happen to mankind.
(b) There is no God.
(c) God makes bad things happen.
(d) God indulges in making mankind suffer.

4. How many maids wait near the table that J.B. and his family are sitting at?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

5. The argument of the play is that the only way to live and transcend suffering is through what?
(a) Faith in human beings.
(b) Faith and trust in God an his divine plan.
(c) Belief that there is a God and a divine plan.
(d) Prayer and obedience to God.

6. Existentialism says that the sum total of existence is what human beings _______.
(a) Feel.
(b) Experience.
(c) Live.
(d) Complete.

7. Once Nickles and Zuss have their masks on, where do they quote lines from?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Famous movies.
(c) History books.
(d) The Bible.

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

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

10. At the end of the Prologue, what holiday is J.B. shown at?
(a) Easter.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Fourth of July.

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

12. J.B. says that when he was a kid, the light of ______ was the light of God.
(a) The sun.
(b) Evening.
(c) Day.
(d) The moon.

13. How many meanings does an allegorical story have?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

14. Mr. Zuss says that evil is never ______.
(a) Angelic.
(b) Restful.
(c) Pretty.
(d) Calm.

15. Why do J.B. and Sarah wait to call the police?
(a) They thought nothing was wrong.
(b) They thought she was at a friend's house.
(c) They thought she would simply come home.
(d) They thought they could find her on their own.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sarah and J.B. invite the soldiers into the house, where do they go to sit and talk?

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

3. The soldier mentions doing the best they could for David, but says that they didn't have the right length of _________.

4. J.B. refers to the regularity of morning and spring to show that God can be what?

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

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