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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the story of Job found?

2. Sarah lives her life indulging in blaming rage and what?

3. When Zuss and Nickles put their masks on at the end of Scene 2, what do they recite?

4. What does Sarah think the two soldiers have for her and J.B.?

5. When Sarah and J.B. invite the soldiers into the house, where do they go to sit and talk?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does J.B. want to know why he is being punished?

4. Why, in Scene 7, is Nickles angry at J.B.'s experiences?

5. Why does Nickles think that God is laughing at Job?

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

7. When Sarah returns to J.B., what does she tell him is the reason she left him?

8. Why does J.B. tell Sarah not to ask each child if they thanked God?

9. Who is Mr. Nickles?

10. Who is Mr. Zuss?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In this play, what is the relationship between faith and fear? Cite specific examples from the play to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Using examples from the play to support your answer, explain what the allegory is that this play presents.

Essay Topic 3

Does Nickles find humans more worthy of admiration than God? Use examples from the play to support your answer.

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