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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. What does Dr. Cunningham order for the Smiths' daughter?

2. What does Ferguson say that doctors will have to give up in order to do what they have to do?

3. What does Mr. Hudson ask the nurse to bring along with them?

4. What do Mr. and Mrs. Smith tell Dr. Cunningham about their daughter?

5. Cunningham tells Barbara ______________________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the mention of Barbara's abortion foreshadow for Ferguson?

3. How does Laura chastise her father for smoking?

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

5. What is the setting of Act 3?

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

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

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

9. What can now be inferred about what happened between Barbara and Ferguson after the end of Act 1?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

MEN IN WHITE is set in the 1930s during the time of the Great Depression in America. What impact did this factor have on the author? What impact did this factor have on the characters? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief character study of Dr. Hochberg. What does he look like? What are his positive personality traits? What are some of his negative characteristics? What are his hopes and fears? What motivates him, if anything, at this point in his life?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in the story. Which of the characters are lonely? Are they all lonely in some way? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.

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