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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ann accept from Miss Cardell while she waits with Jim in the second scene of Act 1?
(a) A cigarette.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Water.
(d) Candy.

2. In the beginning of the play, what is critical to Jim's condition?
(a) The next 48 hours.
(b) The next week.
(c) The previous 24 hours.
(d) The next 72 hours.

3. When was Jim's last play?
(a) Several years ago.
(b) Several months ago.
(c) A year ago.
(d) A few weeks ago.

4. What do Grosberg and Mr. Fleming inform Jim of, which surprises him?
(a) That he is restricted from talking to the other patients.
(b) That he is not really in a hospital.
(c) That he must follow the doctor's instructions or he will be placed in a straight jacket.
(d) That he is in the psychiatric building.

5. Where did Jim go right after he took the pills?
(a) To the kitchen.
(b) To his car.
(c) To the terrace.
(d) Outside.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are many of the nurses away for the week?

2. Who called Ann earlier in the day?

3. What is Dr. Schlesinger's decision at the end of Act 1, Scene 4?

4. What does Jim inform Ann of in the third scene of Act 1?

5. How does Jim feel that he has acted since entering the hospital, as he describes in Act 1, Scene 5?

(see the answer key)

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