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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book of the Old Testament are Zuss and Nickles basing their lines on at the end of Scene 2?
(a) Zachariah.
(b) Jonah.
(c) Malichi.
(d) Job.

2. Sarah represents what side of belief in God?
(a) Simple.
(b) Righteousness.
(c) Justice.
(d) Fear.

3. Who is the Distant Voice meant to represent?
(a) Job.
(b) The angels.
(c) God.
(d) Satan.

4. In the story of Job, Satan bets God that if God were to curse Job, Job would do what?
(a) Pray to God.
(b) Praise Satan.
(c) Pray to Satan.
(d) Curse God.

5. Nickles and Zuss are what type of characters?
(a) Narrators.
(b) Scenic.
(c) Antagonists.
(d) Protagonists.

Short Answer Questions

1. J.B. says that when he was a kid, the light of ______ was the light of God.

2. The name "Zuss" resembles what god from Ancient Greece?

3. The soldier mentions doing the best they could for David, but says that they didn't have the right length of _________.

4. How long is J.B.'s grace at the meal in Scene 1?

5. There are two traditional aspects of man's relationship with God as portrayed in the story. The first is ______ in God's love.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Nickles complaining in the beginning of Scene 8?

2. Describe the Satan-mask and the God-mask.

3. In Scene 2, what does Zuss wonder about J.B.'s acting?

4. What is the story of Job about?

5. What are Sarah and J.B.'s reactions to the death of David?

6. How does J.B. view his luck at his Thanksgiving dinner?

7. Why are Zuss and Nickles unable to put on their masks in Scene 7?

8. Why does Zuss think that nothing would influence the way J.B. acts, and that certainly being poor will not influence him?

9. How would you, as a reader, sum up the whole of Scene 10?

10. What does Nickles think would make a difference in J.B.'s performance of Job?

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