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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. J.B. says he's tired of what when Nickles argues with him about the end?
(a) Tricks.
(b) God.
(c) People.
(d) Games.

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

3. How does Nickles characterize Sarah and J.B.s experiences in the play, thus far?
(a) Disgusting and trite.
(b) Indecent and immoral.
(c) Ridiculous and spiteful.
(d) Regressive and hateful.

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) Expected.
(b) Wanted.
(c) Likes.
(d) Predicted.

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

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

7. What does Eliphaz wear?
(a) A suit.
(b) A long lab coat.
(c) Scrubs.
(d) An intern's jacket.

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

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

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

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

12. 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 Deserving Comforters.
(b) The Comforters.
(c) The Three Comforters.
(d) The Four Comforters.

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

14. When Nickles goes to J.B., how does he describe himself?
(a) Psychologist.
(b) Professional counsel.
(c) A doctor.
(d) Psychiatrist.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Nickles and Zuss both lose what at the beginning of Scene 10?

3. Zuss is angry that after being shown all of God's glory J.B. simply what?

4. J.B. shouts that he will not listen to Eliphaz's argument and then does what?

5. 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?

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