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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the weather like in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) It is sunny.
(b) It is cloudy.
(c) It is snowing.
(d) It is raining.

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

4. What does Jim ask Grosberg to do for him?
(a) Take his cigarettes away.
(b) Get a cigarette.
(c) Mail a letter.
(d) Write a letter.

5. What is Jim's state of mind when the doctors attempt to question him in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) He is extremely alert.
(b) He is unconscious.
(c) He is too drowsy to respond.
(d) He is surprisingly coherent.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the first scene of The Shrike take place?

2. What does Ann tell Jim when he first wakes up in the hospital?

3. Who is the Miss Hansen?

4. How does Jim feel that he has acted since entering the hospital, as he describes in Act 1, Scene 5?

5. What does Ann realize as she enters in the fifth scene of Act 1?

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