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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) Forget them.
(c) Leave them.
(d) Remove his blessings.

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

3. What does Mr. Zuss sell?
(a) Candy.
(b) Animals.
(c) Balloons.
(d) Popcorn.

4. At the beginning of Scene 2, what do Zuss and Nickles remove?
(a) Their uniforms.
(b) Their costumes.
(c) Their belts.
(d) Their masks.

5. This play, and the story of Job, are allegories for what?
(a) The human experience of suffering.
(b) The human experience and philosophy.
(c) The human experience in relation with God.
(d) The human experience of existentialism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sarah believe that blessings come from?

2. How many children do J.B. and Sarah have?

3. When J.B. and Sarah are arguing over whether God's blessings are earned or simply given, what happens to interrupt them?

4. According to the allegory this play represents, human life is lived according to what?

5. Sarah sings a song to the children that wonders what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the soldiers suggest that David is dead?

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

4. Sarah and J.B. are arguing over what subject at Thanksgiving?

5. What do Zuss and Nickles become instruments of at the end of Scene 7?

6. Why does Sarah protest J.B.'s thoughts that God doesn't punish without cause?

7. When J.B. prays to God for death, what is Sarah's response?

8. Why does Nickles believe that J.B. has to suffer?

9. What does Nickles think about Zuss' line, "His will, our peace?"

10. When the maids bring out the food, what do the children and J.B. say?

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