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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. Who is Roseanna?
(a) Sabbath's niece.
(b) Sabbath's wife.
(c) Sabbath's daughter.
(d) Sabbath's sister.

2. What does Sabbath think Roseanna uses as an excuse to delay leaving him?
(a) Her lack of money and a place to go.
(b) Her inability to function on her own.
(c) Her fear of being alone.
(d) The abuse she suffered at the hands of her father.

3. What did the woman in the house next to what Sabbath thought might be Nikki's, tell Sabbath?
(a) That she did not know who Nikki was.
(b) That Nikki left because Sabbath drank too much.
(c) That Nikki used to live next to her, but disappeared.
(d) That Nikki left because Sabbath beat her.

4. In Part 2, why is Sabbath angry with himself at Drenka's grave?
(a) For having continued his affair with Drenka despite the toll on his marriage.
(b) For not having killed Matija.
(c) For not having left Roseanna to be with Drenka.
(d) For not having told Drenka how he felt.

5. For which of the following crimes was Sabbath arrested in 1956?
(a) Public indecency.
(b) Statutory rape.
(c) Lewdness.
(d) Corrupting a minor.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the novel opens, who issues an ultimatum to Sabbath?

2. How did Sabbath run into Matija?

3. According to Norman, which of the following rumors did Linc never believe about Sabbath?

4. Who is Christa?

5. Under what type of government was Drenka raised?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Sabbath quit directing?

3. What happened between Sabbath, Drenka, and Christa?

4. What torments Sabbath after Drenka's death?

5. Why is Drenka unable to discuss Matthew's career with Matija?

6. What does Sabbath like and dislike about Roseanna's participation in Alcoholics Anonymous?

7. Why did Sabbath choose to leave New York?

8. What was the "Romance Run"?

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

10. What transpired between Drenka and Barrett shortly before Drenka's death?

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