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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scenes 3, 4, 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book of the Old Testament are Zuss and Nickles basing their lines on at the end of Scene 2?
(a) Job.
(b) Zachariah.
(c) Malichi.
(d) Jonah.

2. What does existentialism say about God?
(a) God makes bad things happen.
(b) God doesn't make anything happen to mankind.
(c) There is no God.
(d) God indulges in making mankind suffer.

3. What kind of mask is Mr. Nickles supposed to wear?
(a) A mask depicting discontent and hatred.
(b) A mask depicting evil and hatred.
(c) A mask depicting laughter and disgust.
(d) A mask depicting smirking and disgust.

4. According to Mr. Zuss, why does Job not have a right to question God?
(a) Because God is the Creator.
(b) Because he's only a man.
(c) Because God is God.
(d) Because he wasn't worthy.

5. When Mr. Zuss says that the world is a great place, what does Mr. Nickles say it is?
(a) A garbage dump.
(b) A waste land.
(c) A trash pile.
(d) A dung-heap.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Scene 2, what do Zuss and Nickles remove?

2. What is the name of Sarah and J.B.'s son who is off at war?

3. At the end of Scene 2, after Zuss and Nickles quote lines, the lights change and the audience is taken where?

4. Where does Sarah believe that blessings come from?

5. The lesson of the allegory that this play represents is that we can face whatever happens with acceptance and grace. Which character represents this viewpoint?

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