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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Due to which of the following realizations does Sabbath claim that he fainted when Norman kicked him out?

2. Why does Rosa show Sabbath where Norman's family keeps their money?

3. What did Helen Trumbull (the girl whose breast Sabbath touched during one of his shows) tell the police officer who arrived to arrest Sabbath?

4. One of the patients at the hospital where Roseanna was staying referred to Sabbath by the name of which of the following gods?

5. What is Sabbath's response when Norman comments on his isolation from society?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sabbath convince Michelle to have an affair with him?

2. What does Sabbath do after opening the box of Morty's possessions?

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

4. What did Roseanna do when she found out about the scandal that caused Sabbath to lose his job?

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

6. Why does Norman throw Sabbath out of his home?

7. Why does Norman invite Sabbath to stay with him?

8. What are some of the items that Sabbath finds in the box containing Morty's possessions?

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

10. What is contained in the note that Norman leaves on the table for Sabbath on the first morning of his stay?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the novel, most of what Sabbath says is framed as biting sarcasm. But how much truth underlies his type of "humor"? What is the author trying to accomplish by framing Sabbath's attitudes and comments in a sarcastic fashion? Is it to merely entertain the reader? Or is there other significance to that method? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

Sabbath didn't want a faithful, exclusive relationship with Drenka when she was alive, but he was tortured by jealousy after she died. What did her death change? Why did his attitude change so much? Why was he unwilling to admit to Drenka that he was already being faithful to her? Was his explanation, that no other women wanted him, accurate? Or was he just refusing to admit that he was being faithful by choice? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

Sabbath lost all interest in directing when Nikki disappeared. Why? What was so different about directing when he no longer had Nikki as his leading lady? Would Sabbath have continued to direct if Nikki had stayed? Would there have been any future in it for him? Why or why not? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

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