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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word characterizes Zuss' and Nickles' thoughts about J.B.'s acting abilities?
(a) Sympathetic.
(b) Grand.
(c) Positive.
(d) Negative.

2. Mr. Nickles and Mr. Zuss, in the Prologue, describe the stage as what?
(a) Hell.
(b) Heaven.
(c) On the ground.
(d) In the sky.

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

4. What does Mr. Zuss sell?
(a) Balloons.
(b) Candy.
(c) Popcorn.
(d) Animals.

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

6. Who says "The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away," after all the children are dead?
(a) J.B.
(b) Nickles.
(c) Zuss.
(d) Sarah.

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

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

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

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

11. What does Sarah want the children, at dinner, to do more thoroughly?
(a) Praise God.
(b) Love God.
(c) Thank God.
(d) Fear God.

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

13. When Sarah and J.B. invite the soldiers into the house, where do they go to sit and talk?
(a) In front of the fire.
(b) To the front porch.
(c) On the back porch.
(d) In the kitchen.

14. What is the modern day religion closest to existentialism?
(a) Islam.
(b) Buddhism.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Catholicism.

15. Before Zuss can shout out his faith in J.B.'s faith, Nickles asks him what question?
(a) Why J.B. has to suffer.
(b) Why J.B. has to have faith.
(c) Why J.B. has to die.
(d) Why J.B. has to experience pain.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take for J.B. and Sarah to call the police about their missing daughter?

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

3. The Messengers bring Sarah into the house, dirty and bruised. Where has she been?

4. Mr. Zuss says that evil is never ______.

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.

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