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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. How does Sabbath respond when Roseanna demands to know why he stayed with her when she was a drunk?

2. In Part 2, why is Sabbath angry with himself at Drenka's grave?

3. At the beginning of Part 3, what does Sabbath find out about Linc?

4. How does Sabbath recall Nikki?

5. Why did Sabbath want Drenka to sleep with all of his friends?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Nikki handle her mother's death?

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

5. Why did Sabbath choose to leave New York?

6. How is Drenka described in Part 1?

7. Why does Sabbath live off of Roseanna's salary?

8. Why did Sabbath quit directing?

9. What event ended in Sabbath's arrest?

10. How does Sabbath feel when Matija tells him about the sympathy cards that he received for Drenka's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the novel, it is obvious that Sabbath is obsessed with sex. Why? Does Sabbath know of any other ways to be close to people? What is he seeking and hoping to gain via his sexual encounters with women? Is Sabbath conscious of the psychology that relates to his obsession with sex? Why or why not? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

Does Sabbath show any personal growth through the course of the novel? Does he change or mature in any way? If so, what is it? If not, why? Is he a sympathetic character? Why or why not? In what ways does Sabbath choose his own fate? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

Sabbath has been married twice: to Nikki, and then to Roseanna. What qualities do his two wives have in common? What attracted them to Sabbath? What attracted Sabbath to them? Why did Sabbath choose to marry them, despite the fact that he seems incapable of love? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

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