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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bildad wear?
(a) A tuxedo.
(b) An Italian suit.
(c) A pilot's jacket.
(d) A leather windbreaker.

2. One of the women watching J.B. says that she has had a dream about the queen of what country?
(a) Scotland.
(b) Ireland.
(c) England.
(d) Wales.

3. When J.B. and Sarah both pray for sleep, the women recall the death of Sarah and J.B.'s children and wonder whether Sarah will do what?
(a) Die in an accident.
(b) Commit suicide.
(c) Love J.B.
(d) Leave J.B.

4. Who declares that J.B. has done exactly as he hoped he would, and has affirmed his faith in God?
(a) God-mask.
(b) Nickles.
(c) Zuss.
(d) Satan-mask.

5. Bildad jeers at J.B.'s claim to what?
(a) Luck.
(b) Blessings.
(c) Innocence.
(d) Faith.

6. Nickles climbs up the ladder at the end of Scene 8 and calls God by his name in what language?
(a) Greek.
(b) Hebrew.
(c) Latin.
(d) Italian.

7. Why does Nickles think that J.B. will not take his life back?
(a) Because he doesn't want his life back.
(b) Because he doesn't think he deserves it.
(c) Because he doesn't want to suffer again.
(d) Because that's not the way it works for him.

8. Eliphaz says that choices are from where?
(a) Primal instincts.
(b) Societal knowledge.
(c) The conscious.
(d) The subconscious.

9. J.B. shouts that he will not listen to Eliphaz's argument and then does what?
(a) Cries.
(b) Gets on his knees.
(c) Covers his eyes.
(d) Covers his ears.

10. The quote, "His will, our peace" comes from what author?
(a) Dante.
(b) Saint Peter.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Aristotle.

11. Zophar, Eliphaz, and Bildad offer what type of answer to J.B.'s question about what he has done?
(a) Enigmatic.
(b) Distorted.
(c) Clear.
(d) Blurred.

12. After J.B. calms God down, what does he do?
(a) Forgave God.
(b) Forgave himself.
(c) Forgave Sarah.
(d) Forgave Nickles.

13. Nickles says that the show of power with the Distant Voice and the wind means what to a man who has lost everything?
(a) Everything.
(b) A lot.
(c) Something.
(d) Nothing.

14. Now that he is covered in blisters and everything is taken from him, J.B. prays to God for what?
(a) Love.
(b) Comfort.
(c) Peace.
(d) Death.

15. In Scene 9, the Distant Voice speaks, accompanied by what?
(a) Light.
(b) Rain.
(c) Rushing wind.
(d) An angelic chorus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nickles equates God's will not with _______, but with being ruled and submission.

2. When God doesn't respond to Nickles' call at the end of Scene 8, he suggests that someone needs to appear. Who is it?

3. Scene 7 echoes the scene in the biblical story of Job, in which God points out that Job has done exactly as he _______.

4. When Nickles goes to J.B., how does he describe himself?

5. After Zuss and Nickles put on their masks in Scene 7, what is the name of the character who speaks of Job's integrity?

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