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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What book of the Old Testament are Zuss and Nickles basing their lines on at the end of Scene 2?
(a) Malichi.
(b) Job.
(c) Zachariah.
(d) Jonah.

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

4. 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.

5. Sarah sings a song to the children that wonders what?
(a) Where prayers go when they are made.
(b) Where the days go when they're over.
(c) Where wishes go once they are wished.
(d) Where the sun goes when it goes down.

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

7. Who is the Distant Voice meant to represent?
(a) The angels.
(b) Job.
(c) Satan.
(d) God.

8. What is Sarah arranging on the table when she and J.B. notice two drunk soldiers across the street?
(a) Place settings.
(b) Silverware.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Napkins.

9. In the story of Job, Satan bets God that if God were to curse Job, Job would do what?
(a) Praise Satan.
(b) Pray to God.
(c) Pray to Satan.
(d) Curse God.

10. The Messengers bring Sarah into the house, dirty and bruised. Where has she been?
(a) She was beaten up by a gang member.
(b) She fell off a bridge.
(c) She was in a car accident.
(d) She was trapped under the wall of a collapsing building.

11. What does Mr. Nickles sell?
(a) Popcorn.
(b) Hats.
(c) Ice cream.
(d) Soda.

12. How long is J.B.'s grace at the meal in Scene 1?
(a) Very brief.
(b) Of moderate length.
(c) Long enough.
(d) Long-winded.

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

14. The text of the play is written in what?
(a) Tetromic pentameter.
(b) Trochaic iameter.
(c) Choric verse.
(d) Blank verse.

15. When the lights fade at the end of Scene 1, what shadows are left on the ceiling of the tent?
(a) The shadows of death and destruction.
(b) The shadows of God and Satan.
(c) The shadows of the God-mask and Satan-mask.
(d) The shadows of Mr. Zuss and Mr. Nickles.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Existentialism is a philosophical movement of what century?

3. What does the First Messenger do when the Second Messenger tells J.B. and Sarah that their children are dead because of a drunk driver?

4. What word characterizes Zuss' and Nickles' thoughts about J.B.'s acting abilities?

5. The scene between the family shows the _____ between J.B. and Sarah about their beliefs.

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