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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. What excuse does Sabbath give Rosa for having gone through Deborah's drawers?
(a) He was making a place to put his own clothes.
(b) He wanted to organize Deborah's clothes for her.
(c) He was looking for his glass eye.
(d) He was looking for money.

2. What is Sabbath's reply when Michelle tells him how highly Norman spoke of him?
(a) Norman says those things to justify having someone of a lower social class at his dinner table.
(b) Sabbath interrupts Michelle and changes the subject.
(c) Sabbath is surprised that Norman thinks so highly of him.
(d) Sabbath does not care what Norman thinks; he only wants to know what Michelle thinks.

3. 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) Had enough money to realize his vision.
(b) Gone far enough in his quest for obscenity.
(c) Hired actors who are talented enough.
(d) Catered to the more refined tastes of the wealthy people who would actually pay to see his shows.

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 collects seashells.
(c) He feeds the sea gulls.
(d) He cries for his brother.

5. What patriotic item which belonged to Morty does Sabbath discover?
(a) A draft card.
(b) A newspaper from D-Day.
(c) A red, white, and blue yarmulke.
(d) A gold coin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following historical figures does Sabbath mention when Michelle asks him why he pushes everyone away?

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

3. Is Sabbath's breakdown in front of Norman staged or real?

4. Which of the following is Sabbath's reasoning for why Linc and Norman were so kind and helpful to him?

5. What does Sabbath take upon leaving Fish's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. To whom does Sabbath link himself in the obituary that he composes on the subway?

2. Why was Sabbath escorted off the grounds by security when he went to visit Roseanna at the psychiatric hospital?

3. What was the scandal that caused Sabbath to lose his job at the college?

4. What story does Norman encourage Sabbath to tell Michelle at dinner?

5. In Part 8, why does Sabbath go to the cemetery?

6. When Rosa arrives, what is Sabbath's excuse for the mess that he has made with Deborah's clothes?

7. Why does Sabbath think that Norman and Linc chose to produce his show?

8. Who was Helen Trumbull?

9. How does Norman react to Sabbath when he first sees him again?

10. What does Rosa give Sabbath hoping that he will not kill her?

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