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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Jim respond to Tom's suggestion?
(a) He refuses.
(b) He agrees.
(c) He is confused by it.
(d) He wants to think about it.

3. What does Ann realize as she enters in the fifth scene of Act 1?
(a) Jim's conversation with Mr. Fleming and Grosberg.
(b) Jim's conversation with Dr. Schlesinger.
(c) Jim's conversation with Dr. Barrow.
(d) Jim's conversation with Miss Hansen and Miss Cardell.

4. What has Jim been depressed over?
(a) His inability to recapture his professional success.
(b) His inability to find the lead for his next play.
(c) His inability to work well with the other actors.
(d) His inability to write his next play.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Jim's mood as the fifth scene in Act 2 ends?

2. Who is Miss Cardell?

3. How many days have passed between Act 2 and Act 3?

4. How is Jim doing in the fifth scene of Act 2?

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

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