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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. Sarah says that if they forget God, God will do what?
(a) Make them suffer.
(b) Remove his blessings.
(c) Forget them.
(d) Leave them.

2. Where is the Prologue set?
(a) At a concessions stand.
(b) At a ball game.
(c) In a football stadium.
(d) In a circus tent.

3. When the lights fade at the end of Scene 1, what shadows are left on the ceiling of the tent?
(a) The shadows of the God-mask and Satan-mask.
(b) The shadows of death and destruction.
(c) The shadows of God and Satan.
(d) The shadows of Mr. Zuss and Mr. Nickles.

4. Sarah says that you cannot take God's blessings as a gift, but that God is owed _______ in return.
(a) Something.
(b) Sacrifice.
(c) Thanks.
(d) Obedience.

5. Nickles says that J.B. would play his role differently if he were what?
(a) Poor.
(b) Single.
(c) Childless.
(d) Homeless.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story of Job, Satan bets God that if God were to curse Job, Job would do what?

2. Nickles says that the real reason for suffering is to learn that everything ends in what?

3. Who says "The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away," after all the children are dead?

4. Mr. Zuss says that evil is never ______.

5. Existentialism is a philosophical movement of what century?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Mr. Nickles?

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

3. What is Zophar's argument about why J.B. is guilty?

4. What is similar about the argument at the end of Scene 7 between Zuss and Nickles to other arguments in the play?

5. What is Zuss' answer to why J.B. has to suffer?

6. Who is Mr. Zuss?

7. What is Sarah suggesting when she says that they "blow on the coal of the heart?"

8. How does Scene 2 reinforce the idea that this play, and the biblical story, are allegories?

9. How does Sarah compare J.B. and the children's views of blessings?

10. How does Sarah suggest that she and J.B. see into the darkness on the other side of the door?

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