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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Mr. Zuss says that the world is a great place, what does Mr. Nickles say it is?
(a) A trash pile.
(b) A dung-heap.
(c) A waste land.
(d) A garbage dump.

2. When Nickles and Zuss are saying their lines, who says God's first line?
(a) Nickles.
(b) Another actor.
(c) An audience member.
(d) A Distant Voice.

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is the name of Sarah and J.B.'s son who is off at war?
(a) Mike.
(b) Jonathan.
(c) Trevor.
(d) David.

9. Sarah lives her life indulging in blaming rage and what?
(a) Fearless blessings.
(b) Fearful gratitude.
(c) Fearful obedience.
(d) Faithful obedience.

10. The lesson of the allegory that this play represents is that we can face whatever happens with acceptance and grace. Which character represents this viewpoint?
(a) J.B..
(b) Zuss.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Nickles.

11. How many of J.B.'s children are in a car that is hit by a drunk driver?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

12. Zuss says that ______ will enable J.B. to see God more clearly.
(a) Pain.
(b) Suffering.
(c) Praise.
(d) Pleasure.

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

14. Existentialism says that life is mainly full of what?
(a) Suffering.
(b) Trials.
(c) Heartache.
(d) Pain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. J.B. says that Sarah "thinks you can choose among your _____: well you don't, you love the lot of them."

2. Sarah tells them that David's ______ are probably much dirtier than theirs.

3. Where is the story of Job found?

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

5. What does Sarah think the two soldiers have for her and J.B.?

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