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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Is Sabbath's breakdown in front of Norman staged or real?
(a) It is staged.
(b) Sabbath is not sure.
(c) It starts as a show, but then spirals out of control.
(d) It is real.

2. 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) Letters from her father that had been written just before his suicide.
(b) Notes from Roseanna's students.
(c) A manuscript that Roseanna wanted to finish writing.
(d) Roseanna's typed diary chronicling the last three years.

3. What does Crawford say about Sabbath's family?
(a) He likes them.
(b) He does not remember them.
(c) He dislikes them.
(d) He remembers them.

4. What does Sabbath say when Norman catches him with Deborah's picture?
(a) He calls Deborah "sweet".
(b) He says that she reminds him of his long-lost daughter.
(c) He tells Norman that she is ugly.
(d) He asks Norman where she is.

5. During his first morning at Norman's, what does Sabbath consider as a potential reason to live?
(a) He receives a job offer in New York.
(b) Roseanna calls and asks him to come home.
(c) Norman gives him money.
(d) Deborah comes home.

6. Which of the following is Sabbath's reasoning for why Linc and Norman were so kind and helpful to him?
(a) They felt sorry for Sabbath.
(b) They were successful and wealthy, and they got a thrill from producing an act as illicit as Sabbath's.
(c) They wanted to give something back to their community.
(d) They liked Nikki, and wanted Sabbath to succeed for her sake.

7. Who occupies the space next to Sabbath's mother?
(a) His father's sister.
(b) His mother's sister.
(c) His mother's brother.
(d) His sister.

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

9. Who is Rosa?
(a) Norman's wife.
(b) Norman's maid.
(c) Deborah's cousin.
(d) Norman's daughter.

10. What did Helen Trumbull (the girl whose breast Sabbath touched during one of his shows) tell the police officer who arrived to arrest Sabbath?
(a) That Sabbath had paid her for her performance.
(b) That she allowed Sabbath to do it as part of his act.
(c) That she wanted to file charges against Sabbath for sexual assault.
(d) That she was been horrified and unable to flee the stage.

11. Who is Fish?
(a) Morty's high school friend.
(b) Drenka's doctor.
(c) Sabbath's cousin.
(d) Sabbath's uncle.

12. How does Sabbath think that Michelle earned the money that she hid in her drawer?
(a) By working a second job.
(b) By stealing money out of her and Norman's joint checking account.
(c) By prostituting herself.
(d) By lying to Norman about how much she earned.

13. How does Sabbath feel when he enters the Jewish cemetery?
(a) He is flooded with memories.
(b) He feels overwhelmed.
(c) He feels uncomfortable.
(d) He feels peaceful.

14. What does Sabbath ponder doing as he gives Michelle his clothes?
(a) Forcing her to tell him where she keeps her jewelry and Norman's gun.
(b) Pushing Norman out the window, and taking all of his possessions, along with his family.
(c) Kidnapping her and leaving the state.
(d) Raping her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the 1989 scandal made public?

2. How does Norman view Sabbath?

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

4. According to what he tells Michelle, why does Sabbath think that Norman has remained friends with him?

5. Which of the following does Roseanna allude to when she talks to Sabbath in her hospital room?

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