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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Ann originally share her concerns with about Jim's ability to leave the hospital?
(a) Dr. Kramer and Dr. Barrow.
(b) Dr. Barrow and Grosberg.
(c) Dr. Schlesinger and Dr. Barrow.
(d) Dr. Barrow and Miss Hansen.

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

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

5. Who is Dr. Bellman?
(a) A sociologist.
(b) A psychiatrist.
(c) A psychologist.
(d) A professor.

6. When was Jim's last play?
(a) Several months ago.
(b) A few weeks ago.
(c) A year ago.
(d) Several years ago.

7. What does Jim think is a waste of time?
(a) Honesty.
(b) Work.
(c) Mourning.
(d) Life.

8. What does Jim challenge Grosberg about in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) Giving his letter to Ann.
(b) Not mailing his letter.
(c) Hiding his letter.
(d) Mailing his letter to the wrong address.

9. What is the setting for Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) The doctor's office.
(b) The convalescent ward.
(c) The examination room.
(d) The psychiatric ward.

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

11. What is Dr. Bellman unable to give Jim as Act 2, Scene 2 ends?
(a) A reason for his release.
(b) The information they have collected while monitoring him.
(c) The people behind his prolonged stay.
(d) Hope of being released.

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

13. What does the nurse suggest to Ann in the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) That she starts thinking of which relatives to call.
(b) That she goes home to rest.
(c) That she goes home to get the money for the visit.
(d) That she starts remembering what happened to Jim.

14. Who is Miss Cardell?
(a) A doctor.
(b) The head nurse.
(c) The student nurse.
(d) A psychologist.

15. 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 over.
(d) It is horrible.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Dr. Bellman ask Jim in the beginning of Act 2, Scene 2?

3. What did the letter that Jim wrote indicate?

4. How does Jim respond to the new job interview?

5. What does Ann think about Charlotte?

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