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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. Ferguson and Laura get into an argument on the phone about whether he should __________________________.
(a) Go on a golf outing.
(b) Stay in town for the holidays.
(c) Focus on his marriage or his studies.
(d) Buy a new car.

2. What did Levine decide to do instead of study with Hochberg?
(a) Moved out of state.
(b) Postpone his career.
(c) Get married.
(d) Change his area of study.

3. Which of the following is NOT destroying Mr. Hudson?
(a) Drive.
(b) Philanthropy.
(c) Self-disregard.
(d) Ambition.

4. Which character introduced in Act 1, Scene 3 will be important to Ferguson's life in the future?
(a) Dorothy.
(b) Jill.
(c) Mary.
(d) Barbara.

5. What choice does Levine have second thoughts about?
(a) Marrying the girl he married.
(b) Moving away from his hometown.
(c) Going to college and med school.
(d) Remaining a Jew.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ferguson say that doctors will have to give up in order to do what they have to do?

2. What does Ferguson tell Barbara to reassure her?

3. What is the name of Dr. Ferguson's fiancee?

4. Which of the following do the doctors and interns not do in this room?

5. Who is the chief of surgery who comes in the room looking for one of the doctors?

Short Essay Questions

1. Ferguson witnesses two extremes of the medical profession in Levine and Pete. Describe how the author provides contrast in these two characters.

2. What startling statement does Laura make to Ferguson about his work and their life together?

3. What shocking thing does Barbara say before she falls unconscious?

4. How does the author establish the upcoming conflict between Ferguson and Cunningham?

5. How was abortion viewed in the 1930s when MEN IN WHITE was written?

6. What can now be inferred about what happened between Barbara and Ferguson after the end of Act 1?

7. How does Ferguson try to appease Laura after breaking their party plans?

8. How does the author show what could happen to Ferguson by revealing Levine's situation?

9. How does the author foreshadow the role of the doctors and their spouses in the opening scene of the play?

10. How is Laura positioned in the operating room?

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