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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Jim's main profession?
(a) He is a Broadway theatre director.
(b) He is a Broadway script writer.
(c) He is a Broadway actor.
(d) He is a Broadway set decorator.

3. Who is Gregory?
(a) Another patient.
(b) A psychology expert.
(c) Jim's attendant.
(d) A visitor for another patient.

4. What is the state of some of the other patients Jim encounters in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) They are happy.
(b) They are depressed.
(c) They are hostile.
(d) They are confused.

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

6. According to Gregory, what is the patient's responsibility to prove?
(a) That they are not crazy.
(b) That the doctors are ignorant.
(c) That they are crazy.
(d) That the doctors are crazy.

7. How long has Ann been at Jim's bedside?
(a) On and off since the day before.
(b) For one hour.
(c) Since he was brought into the hospital.
(d) For three hours.

8. What did Jim want to confirm before his suicide attempt?
(a) That his apartment would be rented to another person.
(b) That his apartment lease would be paid.
(c) That his G.I. Bill was in good standing, so that Ann would get the benefits.
(d) That his G.I. Bill was in good standing, so that Charlotte would get the benefits.

9. Who is the Miss Hansen?
(a) The head nurse.
(b) A psychologist.
(c) A doctor.
(d) The student nurse.

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

11. What kind of mood is Jim in as the fifth scene in the play begins?
(a) He is sad.
(b) He is upset.
(c) He is quiet.
(d) He is depressed.

12. Why are many of the nurses away for the week?
(a) It is Thanksgiving.
(b) The hospital is cutting back on its staff.
(c) There is a flu epidemic.
(d) They are on strike.

13. How does Jim respond to Ann after he first wakes up?
(a) He tells her that he does not want a divorce.
(b) He tells her that he does not want his family there.
(c) He tells her that he does not want her money.
(d) He tells her that he does not want her love.

14. What does Jim tell the doctor is affecting his work negatively?
(a) His attitude.
(b) His weight.
(c) His age.
(d) His height.

15. Who is Dr. Barrow?
(a) A sociologist.
(b) A psychologist.
(c) A psychiatrist.
(d) A pathologist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the nurse suggest to Ann in the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?

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

3. What does Jim say when he becomes conscious at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?

4. What is Dr. Bellman unable to give Jim as Act 2, Scene 2 ends?

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

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