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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Scene 7, who quotes God's lines from the Bible where he asks the devil to consider the perfection of Job's devotion?
(a) J.B.
(b) Zuss.
(c) Nickles.
(d) Distant Voice.

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

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

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

5. What do the women, in Scene 8, sit on around J.B. and Sarah?
(a) Newspapers.
(b) The ground.
(c) Stones.
(d) Boxes.

6. When Zuss and Nickles are able to put their masks on again in Scene 7, they become what?
(a) Instruments of the masks.
(b) Instruments of God's wrath.
(c) Instruments of God's wisdom.
(d) Instruments of Satan's wrath.

7. At the beginning of Scene 10, Nickles calls Zuss what?
(a) Godly.
(b) Awesome.
(c) Just.
(d) Magnificent.

8. Nickles and Zuss both lose what at the beginning of Scene 10?
(a) Their roles.
(b) Their ideas.
(c) Their tempers.
(d) Their masks.

9. 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.

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

11. 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) Nothing.
(d) Something.

12. Sarah doesn't believe J.B. that her children must have had some sin to be punished. She believes her children are what?
(a) Innocent children.
(b) Innocent bystanders.
(c) Innocent victims.
(d) Innocent actors.

13. When God doesn't respond to Nickles' call at the end of Scene 8, he suggests that someone needs to appear. Who is it?
(a) The Three Comforters.
(b) The Comforters.
(c) The Four Comforters.
(d) The Deserving Comforters.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Distant Voice asks J.B. why he thinks he is worthy to confront and _______ the creator of the universe.

2. When Zuss and Nickles put on their masks at the end of Scene 7, what is the emotion they feel towards the expanse of God and the depth of his knowledge?

3. When Nickles asks J.B. if he knows what happens at the end, J.B. says what?

4. Right before the Distant Voice quotes God's lines from the Bible, what problem is Nickles having with his mask?

5. What does Nickles hear before he leaves J.B.?

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