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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Ann told the school?
(a) That Jim will not be returning.
(b) That Jim will be returning shortly.
(c) That Jim will be returning in a few months.
(d) That Jim will be on vacation until next year.

2. When the doctor questions him in Act 1, Scene 2, what does Jim say about his life?
(a) It is a wreck.
(b) It is a mess.
(c) It is horrible.
(d) It is over.

3. According to Ann, who thinks that Jim should stay in the hospital?
(a) Dr. Schlesinger.
(b) Dr. Barrow.
(c) Dr. Bellman.
(d) Miss Wingate.

4. Who is George O'Brien?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A professor.
(c) Jim's attendant.
(d) Another patient.

5. What is Ann's hope if Jim stays in the hospital and recovers slowly?
(a) That he will sign the divorce papers.
(b) That he will finally tell her who Charlotte is.
(c) That he will want to heal their marriage.
(d) That he will forget about Charlotte.

Short Answer Questions

1. Among the various different patient types Jim meets in the beginning of Act 2, how do some of them seem to him?

2. What is the fear that the other patients have of "seven"?

3. According to Jim, how would all of the people he knows react to his death?

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

5. How many days have passed before Act 3, Scene 2?

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