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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 does Dr. Cunningham order for the Smiths' daughter?
(a) Hydrotherapy.
(b) An insulin injection.
(c) Benadryl.
(d) Morphine.

2. What has happened to the patient that Ferguson was going to assist with a transfusion tonight?
(a) The patient has been discharged.
(b) The protocol for the patient has changed.
(c) The patient died.
(d) The patient is much better.

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

4. What does Dr. Hochberg say about the young doctors?
(a) They are green.
(b) They are dedicated.
(c) They are ambitious.
(d) They are energetic.

5. Who does Ferguson shout for down the hall?
(a) Hochberg.
(b) Security.
(c) Another nurse.
(d) An orderly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cunningham threaten to do to Ferguson?

2. What does Pete eat in Ferguson's office?

3. Why does Dr. Hochberg call Hudson insane?

4. Why does Barbara come to Ferguson's office?

5. What does Dr. Levine encourage Dr. Ferguson to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hochberg try to tell Laura that Ferguson will not have much time for her if he is to become the excellent doctor he is capable of becoming?

2. What is the dramatic point that is illuminated in Act 3?

3. How is Laura positioned in the operating room?

4. How does the author show the preparations for surgery in Act 2, Scene 4?

5. How does the author show that Barbara is enamored with Ferguson?

6. What are some of the other elements that are foreshadowed in this scene?

7. What are the personal crises that Ferguson experiences in Act 2, Scene 4?

8. Why has Ferguson decided to go into private practice instead of studying with Hochberg?

9. What is the significance of the discussion about young doctors between Hochberg and McCabe?

10. How does the author introduce the character of Laura into the play?

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