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

Short Answer Questions

1. Nickles climbs up the ladder at the end of Scene 8 and calls God by what name?

2. Eliphaz says that guilt is what?

3. Nickles says that God has won the way he always wins, and searches for what?

4. In Scene 7, who quotes God's lines from the Bible where he asks the devil to consider the perfection of Job's devotion?

5. After Zuss calls for the lights in Scene 10, what does Nickles complain about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using specific examples to support your answer, discuss how the different characters handle, and believe in, suffering. Compare and contrast at least three different characters.

Essay Topic 2

What role do masks have in the play? What do they symbolize, and what is the importance of taking them on and off? Use examples from the play to support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Who, or what, are God-mask and Satan-mask and what do they represent? Use specific examples from the play to support your answer.

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