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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. J.B. says that Sarah "thinks you can choose among your _____: well you don't, you love the lot of them."
(a) Fruits.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Gifts.
(d) Children.

8. Nickles and Zuss are what type of characters?
(a) Narrators.
(b) Protagonists.
(c) Antagonists.
(d) Scenic.

9. Where is the story of Job found?
(a) In the Old Testament.
(b) In the Apocrapha.
(c) In the New Testament.
(d) In the Pentateuch.

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

11. Sarah says that you cannot take God's blessings as a gift, but that God is owed _______ in return.
(a) Thanks.
(b) Something.
(c) Sacrifice.
(d) Obedience.

12. What is J.B. and Sarah's daughter holding in her fist when she is found?
(a) A toy umbrella.
(b) A stuffed animal.
(c) A toy doll.
(d) A toy tea pot.

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

14. Where is the Prologue set?
(a) In a football stadium.
(b) At a concessions stand.
(c) In a circus tent.
(d) At a ball game.

15. When J.B. and Sarah are arguing over whether God's blessings are earned or simply given, what happens to interrupt them?
(a) One child asks for a story.
(b) One child asks for the wishbone.
(c) One child becomes sick.
(d) One child asks Sarah to put him to bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. J.B. sings a song that says, "To be, become, and end are all _____."

2. Mr. Nickles and Mr. Zuss, in the Prologue, say that the audience is what?

3. According to Mr. Zuss, why does Job not have a right to question God?

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

5. Where does Sarah believe that blessings come from?

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