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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Zuss calls for the lights in Scene 10, what does Nickles complain about?
(a) That there isn't anywhere to go from here.
(b) That the story didn't have a happy ending.
(c) That there couldn't possibly be more.
(d) That he doesn't like his job.

2. 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.

3. J.B. and Sarah, now that everything has been taken from them, say that even when they sleep they feel what?
(a) Pain and suffering.
(b) Desire to be better people.
(c) Deep sorrow.
(d) Eyes upon them.

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

5. The women, in Scene 8, believe that the heart is always what?
(a) A sign.
(b) Faithful.
(c) Symbolic.
(d) A mystery.

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

7. Eliphaz says that guilt is what?
(a) An emotion.
(b) A mockery.
(c) An illusion.
(d) A joke.

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

9. The final argument between Zuss and Nickles in Scene 7 mirrors an argument they have at the end of what scene?
(a) Scene 5.
(b) Scene 4.
(c) Scene 2.
(d) Scene 3.

10. Why does Zuss call for the lights in Scene 10?
(a) The story is over.
(b) Another play has to start.
(c) The story's not over.
(d) The epilogue has to begin.

11. After Zuss and Nickles put on their masks in Scene 7, what is the name of the character who urges God to destroy J.B.'s body?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Nickles.
(c) Satan.
(d) Satan-mask.

12. Nickles says that God has won the way he always wins, and searches for what?
(a) His script.
(b) His clothing.
(c) His popcorn.
(d) His soda.

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

14. Who tells J.B. that God will give him everything back?
(a) Zuss.
(b) Nickles.
(c) Satan-mask.
(d) God-mask.

15. 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 see through it.
(c) He cannot keep ahold of it.
(d) He cannot find it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When J.B. is lying on the broken down table, what is he wearing?

3. After J.B. realizes that Sarah is gone, he cries out for God to do what?

4. What does Eliphaz wear?

5. Why does Nickles think that J.B. will not take his life back?

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