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

Short Answer Questions

1. J.B. shouts that he will not listen to Eliphaz's argument and then does what?

2. What does Nickles hear before he leaves J.B.?

3. J.B. and Sarah, now that everything has been taken from them, say that even when they sleep they feel what?

4. When J.B. and Sarah both pray for sleep, the women recall the death of Sarah and J.B.'s children and wonder whether Sarah will do what?

5. After J.B. realizes that Sarah is gone, he cries out for God to do what?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from the play to support your answer, respond to the following question: What is ironic about Satan's argument that God needs to see people as people and not toys? How does this argument relate to the central theme of the play?

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