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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sabbath think that Norman is throwing him out?

2. What did Helen Trumbull (the girl whose breast Sabbath touched during one of his shows) tell the police officer who arrived to arrest Sabbath?

3. Which of the following is on top of the headstones belonging to Sabbath's grandparents?

4. Why did Sabbath lose his job at the college in 1989?

5. What does Sabbath say when Norman catches him with Deborah's picture?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the items that Sabbath finds in the box containing Morty's possessions?

2. To whom does Sabbath link himself in the obituary that he composes on the subway?

3. In Part 8, why does Sabbath go to the cemetery?

4. Why does Sabbath think that Norman and Linc chose to produce his show?

5. What happened at Sabbath's trial for public indecency?

6. Why does Norman throw Sabbath out of his home?

7. What does Sabbath notice about his family's graves?

8. Why does Norman invite Sabbath to stay with him?

9. How does Sabbath convince Michelle to have an affair with him?

10. What does Sabbath do after opening the box of Morty's possessions?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sabbath has been married twice: to Nikki, and then to Roseanna. What qualities do his two wives have in common? What attracted them to Sabbath? What attracted Sabbath to them? Why did Sabbath choose to marry them, despite the fact that he seems incapable of love? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

When Sabbath leaves home, Roseanna gets over him fairly quickly. In fact, within a few days' time, she has a new companion. Why are Roseanna and Christa attracted to one another? What is Christa able to provide, that Sabbath could not? What does that tell the reader about Roseanna's feelings for Sabbath? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

The letters that Sabbath finds in the box of Morty's personal possessions mirror the ones that Roseanna's father had written to her before his suicide. What are some of the similarities between those two sets of letters? What are the significant differences? How is the manner in which Sabbath treats his brother's letters different from the way in which he treats the letters that were written by Roseanna's father? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

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