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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Mr. Zuss climbs the ladder, what kind of mask does he find?
(a) Restful and angelic.
(b) Restful and glorious.
(c) Beautiful and powerful.
(d) Beautiful and peaceful.

2. What does the First Messenger do when the Second Messenger tells J.B. and Sarah that their children are dead because of a drunk driver?
(a) Interview them for a news video.
(b) Record with a video camera.
(c) Take notes.
(d) Snap pictures.

3. Sarah says that you cannot take God's blessings as a gift, but that God is owed _______ in return.
(a) Sacrifice.
(b) Something.
(c) Thanks.
(d) Obedience.

4. J.B.'s song at the end of Scene 1represents what?
(a) The motive of the play.
(b) The theme of the play.
(c) The tone of the play.
(d) The mood of the play.

5. When Nickles and Zuss are saying their lines, who says God's first line?
(a) A Distant Voice.
(b) Another actor.
(c) An audience member.
(d) Nickles.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mr. Nickles and Mr. Zuss step onto the stage, who is Mr. Zuss going to play?

2. When J.B. makes a reference to Sarah's love of flowers, he is referring to what?

3. Sarah represents what side of belief in God?

4. When the writer uses words that begin with the same sound to get the attention of the reader, it is called what?

5. The scene between the family shows the _____ between J.B. and Sarah about their beliefs.

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the states of faith and fear represent the traditional state of mankind?

2. How does Nickles refer to God?

3. When J.B. prays to God for death, what is Sarah's response?

4. When J.B. and Sarah try to figure out why they had children killed by a drunk driver, what does J.B. say to answer Sarah's question of why God did this to them?

5. At the end of Scene 2, what do Zuss and Nickles do?

6. What do Zuss and Nickles become instruments of at the end of Scene 7?

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

8. Why does Zuss think that nothing would influence the way J.B. acts, and that certainly being poor will not influence him?

9. What does Zuss tell Nickles that there is left to complete in the story, when Nickles says that there couldn't possibly be more?

10. How do the young girl and women describe the Three Comforters?

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