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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Sabbath do before leaving the cemetery?
(a) He searches for the graves of people with whom he went to school.
(b) He prays for his family.
(c) He pays for his plot and funeral.
(d) He cleans his family members' headstones.

2. What is Sabbath's response when Norman comments on his isolation from society?
(a) That it is the best preparation for death.
(b) That it is the only way to shield himself from getting hurt.
(c) That society has nothing to offer him.
(d) That if he wanted relationships, he would have to give something back.

3. Due to which of the following realizations does Sabbath claim that he fainted when Norman kicked him out?
(a) Due to the realization that his plot to blackmail Norman with Michelle's Polaroids would never come to fruition.
(b) Due to the realization that he did not have any money and nowhere to go.
(c) Due to the realization that he no longer had access to Norman's good food and comfortable lifestyle.
(d) Due to the realization that he still had the beggar's cup in his pocket, and he thought that he had lost Michelle over that.

4. At the end of Part 8, what does Sabbath do at the beach?
(a) He washes his filthy clothes in the ocean.
(b) He cries for his brother.
(c) He feeds the sea gulls.
(d) He collects seashells.

5. While watching the beggars on the street, Sabbath thinks that he has failed as a street performer because he has not done which of the following?
(a) Gone far enough in his quest for obscenity.
(b) Hired actors who are talented enough.
(c) Catered to the more refined tastes of the wealthy people who would actually pay to see his shows.
(d) Had enough money to realize his vision.

6. Which of the following historical figures does Sabbath mention when Michelle asks him why he pushes everyone away?
(a) Vlad the Impaler.
(b) Savanarola.
(c) The Marquis de Sade.
(d) Nostradamus.

7. Why does Sabbath begin to cry while sitting at Norman's table?
(a) Because he begins to regret his decision to leave Roseanna.
(b) Because he realizes how much he misses Nikki.
(c) Because he thinks of all his miseries, and feels sorry for himself.
(d) Because the full impact of Drenka's death finally hits him.

8. How old was Sabbath when his brother, Morty died?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Ten.

9. Which of the following was in the three-ring binder that Roseanna asked Sabbath to bring to her while she was in the psychiatric hospital?
(a) Notes from Roseanna's students.
(b) A manuscript that Roseanna wanted to finish writing.
(c) Letters from her father that had been written just before his suicide.
(d) Roseanna's typed diary chronicling the last three years.

10. One of the patients at the hospital where Roseanna was staying referred to Sabbath by the name of which of the following gods?
(a) Pan.
(b) Mars.
(c) Dionysus.
(d) Bacchus.

11. Why does Rosa show Sabbath where Norman's family keeps their money?
(a) Because she does not like Norman.
(b) Because she thinks that he will kill her if she does not.
(c) Because she feels sorry for Sabbath and wants to help him.
(d) Because she is hoping that he will give her a share.

12. How is Norman described when Sabbath sees him?
(a) He has aged well and looks stately.
(b) He looks great and has not aged a day.
(c) He looks okay for his age.
(d) He has aged even worse than Sabbath.

13. Which of the following reasons is Sabbath's justification for taking the money and pictures upon fleeing Norman's house?
(a) Norman has plenty of money and can always get more pictures of Michelle.
(b) Sabbath plans on returning them at some point.
(c) Seeing them would destroy Norman.
(d) Sabbath needs them more than Norman does.

14. Which of the following is on top of the headstones belonging to Sabbath's grandparents?
(a) Pebbles.
(b) A candle.
(c) An American flag.
(d) Flowers.

15. Why does Sabbath think that Norman is throwing him out?
(a) Because Sabbath is a slob, and does not clean up after himself.
(b) Because Norman's co-workers are giving him trouble about having Sabbath in his home.
(c) Because Deborah is coming home soon.
(d) Because Norman is afraid that Sabbath will sleep with Michelle.

Short Answer Questions

1. While on the subway in New York, from which of the following plays does Sabbath recite lines?

2. Who occupies the space next to Sabbath's mother?

3. How does Sabbath feel about his family plot being filled?

4. How does Norman view Sabbath?

5. Who does Norman call following Sabbath's fainting spell?

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