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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. How is Jim Downs brought into the hospital?
(a) He walks in assisted by his wife.
(b) He is carried by two ambulance drivers.
(c) In a wheelchair.
(d) On a gurney.

2. What did the letter that Jim wrote indicate?
(a) His intent to get help for his problems.
(b) His intent to divorce Ann.
(c) His intent to take his own life.
(d) His intent to leave town.

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

4. In the beginning of the play, what is critical to Jim's condition?
(a) The next 48 hours.
(b) The next week.
(c) The previous 24 hours.
(d) The next 72 hours.

5. What does Ann accept from Miss Cardell while she waits with Jim in the second scene of Act 1?
(a) Water.
(b) Coffee.
(c) A cigarette.
(d) Candy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Dr. Kramer?

2. How long has Ann been at Jim's bedside?

3. What day is it in Act 1, Scene 3?

4. When the doctor questions him in Act 1, Scene 2, what does Jim say about his life?

5. How does Ann respond to the doctor's request that Jim be given his Last Rites?

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