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

2. Nickles says that J.B. would play his role differently if he were what?
(a) Single.
(b) Homeless.
(c) Childless.
(d) Poor.

3. The second traditional aspect of man's relationship with God is fear of His _________.
(a) Punishment.
(b) Retribution.
(c) Vengeance.
(d) Power.

4. When J.B. makes a reference to Sarah's love of flowers, he is referring to what?
(a) Their children.
(b) Their possessions.
(c) Their family.
(d) Their blessings.

5. What does Mr. Nickles sell?
(a) Popcorn.
(b) Hats.
(c) Ice cream.
(d) Soda.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. J.B. represents what side of belief in God?

3. Some people say that J.B. is lucky, but J.B. attributes his "luck" to what?

4. 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?

5. What is J.B. and Sarah's daughter holding in her fist when she is found?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why, in Scene 7, is Nickles angry at J.B.'s experiences?

3. How does Sarah compare J.B. and the children's views of blessings?

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

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

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

7. What does the debate over whether J.B. knows he is an actor suggest?

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

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

10. 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?

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