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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Sabbath only visit Drenka's grave at night?
(a) He does not want anyone to be able to identify him if they see him there.
(b) He does not want Roseanna to become suspicious.
(c) He does not like being in graveyards during the day.
(d) He is afraid that he will run into her son or one of her many lovers.

2. Which of the following forms did Christa learn in an effort to become a "true American"?
(a) Crocheting.
(b) Quilting.
(c) Painting.
(d) Knitting.

3. Which of the following anti-Semitic comments does Nikki make to Sabbath after her mother's death?
(a) She makes fun of Sabbath for wearing a yarmulke during the funeral.
(b) She accuses Sabbath of not wanting to pay for a nice funeral because he is Jewish and cheap.
(c) She says that her mother died heartbroken because Nikki married a Jew.
(d) She says that it is cold of the Jews to bury their dead so quickly.

4. Under what type of government was Drenka raised?
(a) Socialist.
(b) Democratic.
(c) Communist.
(d) Republican.

5. Sabbath often feels the presence of which of his departed relatives?
(a) His stillborn sister.
(b) His mother.
(c) Morty.
(d) His father.

6. In Part 2, what does Sabbath say to Drenka's ghost while he is at her grave?
(a) He reveals his plot to kill Matija.
(b) He tells her that he loves her, and wishes that he had told her so.
(c) He proposes marriage to her.
(d) He blames her for his marital troubles.

7. Why does Sabbath think that he should have been a pimp instead of a puppet master?
(a) Because both professions manipulate objects for the amusement of others.
(b) Because he realizes that he does not possess puppeteering talent.
(c) Because he would have been able to make more money as a pimp.
(d) Because he feels that being a puppeteer is degrading.

8. How did Sabbath and Nikki meet?
(a) Nikki was one of his students.
(b) Nikki was friends with Roseanna.
(c) Nikki attended one of his street performances.
(d) Nikki attended one of the plays that he directed.

9. How did Sabbath's brother, Morty, die?
(a) He was stillborn.
(b) He was killed during a mugging.
(c) He had a terminal illness.
(d) He was shot down in World War II.

10. Why did Barrett stop speaking to Drenka before her death?
(a) Because he was angry with her for asking him to leave his wife.
(b) Because he did not want to get involved with her illness.
(c) Because he was angry with Sabbath.
(d) Because he was afraid that Matija would discover their affair.

11. What new emotion is Sabbath experiencing at the beginning of Part 2?
(a) Apathy.
(b) Anger.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Depression.

12. Christa was an immigrant from which of the following countries?
(a) Turkey.
(b) Germany.
(c) Russia.
(d) Czechoslovakia.

13. Why does Sabbath begin to second-guess his decision to leave Roseanna?
(a) She is the only person left who cares about him.
(b) He does not like the idea of change.
(c) He needs money and medical insurance.
(d) He realizes how much he cares about her.

14. Why did Barrett look uncomfortable at Drenka's funeral?
(a) Because he was there with his pregnant wife.
(b) Because he knew that Sabbath was aware of his affair with Drenka.
(c) Because he disliked several people who were present.
(d) Because dead bodies made him very uncomfortable.

15. What did Sabbath and Ron do together?
(a) Set up their own theatre.
(b) Hitchhiked to New York.
(c) Wrote Sabbath's acts.
(d) Went to San Francisco.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the woman in the house next to what Sabbath thought might be Nikki's, tell Sabbath?

2. How does Sabbath feel now that Drenka is dead?

3. Who only spoke to Nikki a handful of times, despite Sabbath's efforts to get them to talk?

4. What happened when Scott Lewis got a prostitute for Drenka?

5. What happened to Sabbath's mother when Morty died?

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