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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. Why was Sabbath attracted to Roseanna?
(a) Because she was rich, and her father was powerful.
(b) Because she did not seem as interested in him as he was in her.
(c) Because she was good-looking, and a great dancer.
(d) Because she was confident and capable.

2. Why did Nikki hate her father?
(a) Because he was violent and abusive.
(b) Because he molested Nikki when she was a teenager.
(c) Because he killed her pet dog.
(d) Becaue he was an alcoholic and a gambler, who was unfaithful to her mother.

3. What happened as a result of the favor that Drenka asked Sabbath to perform for Matija?
(a) Matthew and Matija had an intense argument and had not spoken since.
(b) Matija made himself look ridiculous in his speech.
(c) Matija had to be supported by the public dole.
(d) Matija was audited, and went bankrupt.

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

5. 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 needs money and medical insurance.
(c) He realizes how much he cares about her.
(d) He does not like the idea of change.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Sabbath already monogamous to Drenka?

2. What is Sabbath's former profession?

3. What does Drenka's husband do for a living?

4. At the end of Part 3, who is at Drenka's grave when Sabbath arrives there?

5. Sabbath's memories of Nikki are interrupted by which of the following realizations?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role did Roseanna play in Sabbath's puppet theater?

2. Why does Norman Cowan call Sabbath at the beginning of Part 3?

3. At the end of Chapter 3, what happens at Drenka's grave?

4. What are some of the reasons that are detailed in Part 3 about Sabbath and his wife "hating" one another?

5. In what political environment was Drenka raised?

6. What does the spirit of Sabbath's mother say to him at the end of Part 4?

7. How does Sabbath make the decision to leave Roseanna?

8. What caused Matija to end his encounter with Sabbath abruptly, but politely?

9. How is Sabbath described in Part 1?

10. What ultimatum is issued at the beginning of Part 1?

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