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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. How many children do J.B. and Sarah have?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

2. J.B. says that when he was a kid, the light of ______ was the light of God.
(a) Evening.
(b) The moon.
(c) The sun.
(d) Day.

3. Nickles says that the real reason for suffering is to learn that everything ends in what?
(a) Death and emptiness.
(b) Death and dirt.
(c) Death and sorrow.
(d) Death and pity.

4. Whose story do Mr. Nickles and Mr. Zuss portray on the stage?
(a) Mary's.
(b) Job's.
(c) Joseph's.
(d) Deborah's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of mask is Mr. Nickles supposed to wear?

2. J.B. sings a song that says, "To be, become, and end are all _____."

3. What does existentialism say about God?

4. Where is the story of Job found?

5. How long is J.B.'s grace at the meal in Scene 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sarah suggest that she and J.B. see into the darkness on the other side of the door?

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

3. Sarah and J.B. are arguing over what subject at Thanksgiving?

4. What is Zuss' answer to why J.B. has to suffer?

5. When Nickles says that Zuss should look pleased because J.B. is playing the role Zuss wanted him to, what is Zuss' response?

6. What is the story of Job about?

7. What is Zophar's argument about why J.B. is guilty?

8. What does the use of shabby costumes on the Three Comforters suggest?

9. When J.B. says that he called God, not the Three Comforters, what is their answer?

10. What is Sarah holding in her hand when she returns to J.B., and why?

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