View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Sabbath when his brother, Morty died?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Ten.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Sixteen.

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

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?
(a) That Sabbath had paid her for her performance.
(b) That she wanted to file charges against Sabbath for sexual assault.
(c) That she allowed Sabbath to do it as part of his act.
(d) That she was been horrified and unable to flee the stage.

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

5. One of the patients at the hospital where Roseanna was staying referred to Sabbath by the name of which of the following gods?
(a) Pan.
(b) Bacchus.
(c) Mars.
(d) Dionysus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Rosa?

2. How is Norman described when Sabbath sees him?

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

4. What does Sabbath see in Fish's house?

5. Why does Sabbath think that Norman wants him to tell the story of his arrest?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened at Sabbath's trial for public indecency?

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

4. Why are a few pages of Part 6 written without punctuation?

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

6. In Part 6, why does Sabbath liken himself to Rip Van Winkle?

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

8. Who was Helen Trumbull?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 846 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample