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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. Who barges in on Roy and physically makes him go to the show with Berry?

2. How did the patient Tina die?

3. Why did Roy really go to see the Fat Man in chapter 23?

4. Sam Levin, an eighty-year-old patient, is known for what?

5. Instead of going to a show with Berry, where Roy go?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whom does Gilheeny claim are the three people that he and Quick will always cherish?

2. What started happening around Passover and what was Roy's idea to stop it? Does it work?

3. What does Berry say was a huge trigger for Roy's regression?

4. When the elevator doesn't move, what is Roy's reaction? When he asks Eddie if he's gone nuts, what is his response? What does this show about their states of mind?

5. What is Pinkus' state of health as opposed to how he used to be?

6. When Roy finds out that Molly is seeing another intern named Howie, what kind of hypothetical situation does he conjure up in his mind?

7. Why can't they ever get rid of the one gomer Harry the Horse?

8. What is Roy's clever response to the question posed by 789: "how come you're always going to sleep, and I"m always staying awake?"

9. What does Roy see at the Marcel Marceau show that snaps Roy back into reality?

10. What is Roy's father's reaction to finding out that Roy is going into psychiatry?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Berry says the interns' problem is that they seem to obliterate each day in order to start the new one. In other words, "one day at a time" philosophy taken seriously. Although a way to cope when having a difficult time, Berry pointed out that there is no emotional growth when acting this way, so nothing changes, and the person continues to have a difficult time coping with their life. Choose at least two characters and give specific examples of when they were exemplifying this philosophy within the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Irony is defined as when something happens that is the opposite of what was expected. Explain in detail an instance in the novel that could be described as ironic. Be specific about what was expected and why the outcome was such a surprise. Also, please explain why the author may have chosen to present this situation ironically.

Essay Topic 3

As time went on, Roy began to dehumanize his patients, like Pinkus always did inadvertently. Some doctors believe it is necessary to not look at patients personally, but rather look at them as numbers. They believe being emotionally unattached makes a better overall doctor because they can be impartial. Others believe that if doctors don't look at patients as humans, that there is no point in having doctors at all; why not have robots diagnose patients? If a doctor loses their ability to empathize with their patients, then they shouldn't be doctors. Please explain one side of the argument, backing it up with quotes from the text.

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