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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ann insist to Dr. Barrow at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) That Jim really does like life.
(b) That she really does want to divorce him.
(c) That she wants the best specialists to examine Jim.
(d) That she loves Jim.

2. What does Grosberg tell Jim that some other patients do not need in order to be released?
(a) Their wife's permission.
(b) Their doctor's consent.
(c) To be fully functional.
(d) To spend time in the convalescent ward.

3. What does Mr. Fleming tell Jim about the convalescent ward?
(a) Patients there do not want to leave.
(b) Patients do not leave there as quickly as they would like.
(c) Patients leave there more quickly than they think.
(d) Patients never leave there.

4. What happens between two of the patients after Miss Wingate leaves?
(a) They fight.
(b) They begin knocking on the walls.
(c) They insult her.
(d) They begin laughing.

5. In what way does Jim eventually respond to Dr. Bellman's first request?
(a) He berates the doctor.
(b) He refuses to comply.
(c) He requests to talk to a supervisor.
(d) He complies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the doctor ask Jim when he first wakes up?

2. How does Jim describe suicide to Dr. Bellman?

3. What does Jim say when he becomes conscious at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?

4. What kind of mood is Jim in as the fifth scene in the play begins?

5. What does the nurse suggest to Ann in the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?

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