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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Scene 7 echoes the scene in the biblical story of Job, in which God points out that Job has done exactly as he _______.
(a) Likes.
(b) Expected.
(c) Wanted.
(d) Predicted.

2. What makes Zuss and Nickles able to put on their masks again?
(a) They agree to reverse everything that has happened.
(b) They agree to stay out of J.B.'s life.
(c) They agree to help Sarah.
(d) They agree to finish the story they started.

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

4. Who urges J.B. to take the new life that is being offered to him?
(a) Nickles.
(b) Zuss.
(c) The Distant Voice.
(d) Sarah.

5. Nickles complains that God has done what, tumbling a whole city down to blister one man's skin with agony?
(a) Been obsessive.
(b) Gone over the top.
(c) Gone over the deep end.
(d) Become vengeful.

6. Right before the Distant Voice quotes God's lines from the Bible, what problem is Nickles having with his mask?
(a) He cannot put it on.
(b) He cannot find it.
(c) He cannot keep ahold of it.
(d) He cannot see through it.

7. The Distant Voice asks J.B. why he thinks he is worthy to confront and _______ the creator of the universe.
(a) Berate.
(b) Question.
(c) Plead with.
(d) Speak to.

8. Bildad says that justice will come when?
(a) In the lifetime of one man.
(b) At the end of the earth.
(c) When it comes.
(d) At the end of time.

9. Nickles climbs up the ladder at the end of Scene 8 and calls God by what name?
(a) Jehovah.
(b) Joshua.
(c) Jahveh.
(d) Jossana.

10. The quote, "His will, our peace," comes from what book?
(a) The Divine Mystery.
(b) The Confessions.
(c) The Inferno.
(d) The Letters to the Romans.

11. Why does Zuss condemn J.B. at the beginning of Scene 10?
(a) Because he doesn't have true faith.
(b) Because he wasn't giving in to God at all.
(c) Because he simply won't give up.
(d) Because he's too peaceful.

12. What does Zophar wear?
(a) A bishop's mitre.
(b) A stole.
(c) A clerical collar.
(d) A robe.

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

14. Zuss says he's sick to death of the whole business and looks for the belt with what on it?
(a) Foam fingers.
(b) Figurines.
(c) Balloons.
(d) Soda.

15. Zophar says that without guilt there can be no what?
(a) Joy.
(b) Love.
(c) Repentance.
(d) Hope.

Short Answer Questions

1. The women, in Scene 8, believe that the skin represents what?

2. The final argument between Zuss and Nickles in Scene 7 mirrors an argument they have at the end of what scene?

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

4. How many aspects of human existence is this play an allegory about?

5. After arguing about the value of suffering, what does Nickles challenge Zuss to do?

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