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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Dr. Schlesinger's decision at the end of Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Jim will need to stay in the hospital for at least another month.
(b) Jim is well enough to leave the hospital, but not go to his interview.
(c) Jim is not well enough to leave the hospital.
(d) Jim can only leave the hospital if he agrees to go home with Ann.

2. What does Jim reveal to the doctor about Ann in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) She is cunning and manipulative.
(b) She is forgetful.
(c) She is kind and loyal.
(d) She is crazy.

3. What does Ann admit to Dr. Schlesinger about Jim's past?
(a) That he has had psychiatric problems.
(b) That he has always dramatized things.
(c) That he never really worked on Broadway.
(d) That he has not had psychiatric problems.

4. What does the doctor ask Jim when he first wakes up?
(a) His motives for separating with Ann.
(b) The reason for the type of pills he chose.
(c) His motives for suicide.
(d) The reason for his professional setbacks.

5. How does Dr. Barrow respond to Ann's outlook on life as the second scene of the play ends?
(a) He thinks it is a negative sign.
(b) He thinks it is the reason for Jim's suicide attempt.
(c) He thinks it is a mistake.
(d) He thinks it is a positive sign.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jim ask Grosberg to do for him?

2. What reason does Ann give for why Jim might not be ready to leave for his job interview?

3. What morning is it when Act 1, Scene 4 begins?

4. Why does the doctor ask Ann about the name, Charlotte?

5. What did Jim want to confirm before his suicide attempt?

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