The Bell Jar Test | Final Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 142 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Bell Jar Test | Final Test - Medium

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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. What treatment does Dr. Gordon suggest for Esther?
(a) Admittance to an asylum
(b) Anti-depressants
(c) Shock treatment
(d) Continued weekly appointments with him

2. What is unusual about Miss Norris?
(a) She is not friendly to Esther.
(b) She will not leave her room.
(c) She does not speak.
(d) She wears a cameo brooch.

3. Why does Esther contact Irwin?
(a) To demand he pays her medical bills
(b) To tell him she is leaving the asylum
(c) To chastise him for injuring her
(d) To set up another date

4. What does Mrs. Bannister discover about Esther one evening?
(a) She has thrown out the roses from her mother.
(b) She is sleeping too much.
(c) She has had a reaction to the insulin injections.
(d) She is not responding to the insulin injections.

5. What concern about her future does Buddy express to Esther?
(a) How she will be able to have a literary career when she can't write
(b) What man will marry her after being in an asylum
(c) What people will be willing to befriend her after being in an asylum
(d) How she'll be able to maintain her sanity in the

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dr. Quinn visit Esther late one night?

2. How do the women in Belsize know they will be having shock treatments?

3. Why does Dr. Nolan restrict Esther's visitors?

4. What does the nurse tell Esther to help her feel more relaxed during her first shock treatment?

5. What course of treatment does Joan's first psychiatrist recommend for her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Esther feel as she is waiting to enter her exit hearing?

2. What does Dr. Nolan tell Esther to help her feel better about Joan's death?

3. Describe the scene at the cemetery.

4. What do the voices in Esther's head tell her as she sits in the park contemplating suicide?

5. What is the only item that gives Esther pleasure in the hospital? Why?

6. What keeps Esther from drowning herself at the beach?

7. Characterize Esther's behavior in the psychiatric wards of the hospitals

8. How does Esther find out about Joan's homosexuality?

9. Describe Esther's encounter with the sailor

10. Describe the circumstances that led to Joan's hospitalization.

(see the answer keys)

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