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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 do Mr. and Mrs. Smith tell Dr. Cunningham about their daughter?
(a) She is allergic to Sulfa.
(b) She has collapsed.
(c) She has a heart condition.
(d) She has been very nauseous.

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

3. What does Cunningham threaten to do to Ferguson?
(a) Have security remove him from the patient's room.
(b) Punch him out.
(c) Have him removed from the hospital.
(d) Have him brought up on disciplinary charges.

4. Who enters the room as Barbara is preparing the insulin injection?
(a) McCabe.
(b) Hudson.
(c) Ferguson.
(d) Hochberg.

5. To what city is Dr. Ferguson going to study surgical techniques?
(a) Vienna.
(b) Paris.
(c) London.
(d) Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Ferguson and Barbara do after discussing their lives in the medical field?

2. Which of the following does NOT characterize Ferguson?

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

4. What was Levine's father's motto?

5. Who is the patient in the expensive private room in Act 1, Scene 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the atmosphere in the play in Act 1, Scene 1.

5. Describe the scenario where Ferguson saves Dorothy in spite of Cunningham.

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

7. How does Ferguson learn that he was the father of Barbara's baby?

8. Why do Ferguson and Laura argue on the phone at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 4?

9. What is Hochberg's opinion of Ferguson's readiness to accept an associate's position?

10. In what ways does the author show that Ferguson's true calling is medicine?

(see the answer keys)

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