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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the writer uses words that begin with the same sound to get the attention of the reader, it is called what?
(a) Dissonance.
(b) Analogy.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Consonance.

2. What does Sarah want the children, at dinner, to do more thoroughly?
(a) Love God.
(b) Praise God.
(c) Fear God.
(d) Thank God.

3. When Mr. Nickles and Mr. Zuss step onto the stage, who is Mr. Zuss going to play?
(a) Angels.
(b) Satan.
(c) God.
(d) St. Peter.

4. At the end of Scene 2, after Zuss and Nickles quote lines, the lights change and the audience is taken where?
(a) Back to the dining room table.
(b) To a funeral.
(c) To the scene of an accident.
(d) To a church.

5. How long is J.B.'s grace at the meal in Scene 1?
(a) Long-winded.
(b) Of moderate length.
(c) Long enough.
(d) Very brief.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Prologue set?

2. When Nickles and Zuss are saying their lines, who says God's first line?

3. Nickles says that J.B. would play his role differently if he were what?

4. The name "Zuss" resembles what god from Ancient Greece?

5. This play, and the story of Job, are allegories for what?

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