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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. Who is the elderly doctor with whom Dr. Hochberg speaks?
(a) Dr. McCallister.
(b) Dr. Matthews.
(c) Dr. McCabe.
(d) Dr. McCormick.

2. What does Ferguson tease Mr. Hudson about?
(a) Being the hospital's best patient.
(b) Being too healthy to be taking up a hospital bed.
(c) Being the best father-in-law-to-be.
(d) Being his worst golf partner.

3. Who is the patient in the expensive private room in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Mr. Hochberg.
(b) Mr. Huron.
(c) Mr. Hudson.
(d) Mr. Hallowell.

4. What does Ferguson say that doctors will have to give up in order to do what they have to do?
(a) Families.
(b) Teaching assistants.
(c) Outside influences.
(d) Big caseloads.

5. Which of the following do the doctors and interns not do in this room?
(a) Scrub.
(b) Relax.
(c) Study.
(d) Talk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dr. Hochberg tell Laura she can't see Ferguson?

2. Who had ordered that the Smiths' daughter receive no more insulin?

3. Why does Laura say she wants to end the relationship?

4. Why did Levine's mother disown him?

5. Where does the nurse take Mr. Hudson?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Laura's behavior in Act 3 so out of character for her?

2. What is the common bond that Ferguson and Barbara share?

3. How does the author show Hudson's personality type through his actions in the hospital room?

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

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

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

7. How does Ferguson countermand Cunningham's orders for Dorothy's pain medication?

8. How does the author establish Ferguson's character in Act 1, Scene 3?

9. How has the Depression affected the hospital's financial situation?

10. How is Laura contrasted against Mrs. D'Andrea?

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