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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Jim describe suicide to Dr. Bellman?
(a) He thinks it is not a desperate act.
(b) He thinks it is not a selfish act.
(c) He thinks it is a selfish act.
(d) He thinks it is a desperate act.

3. What does Ann admit to Dr. Schlesinger about Jim's past?
(a) That he never really worked on Broadway.
(b) That he has not had psychiatric problems.
(c) That he has had psychiatric problems.
(d) That he has always dramatized things.

4. How does Jim appear as Act 2 begins?
(a) Alert.
(b) Disoriented.
(c) Sad.
(d) Angry.

5. How did Jim get the pills to take?
(a) At one pharmacy in town.
(b) At different pharmacies around town.
(c) At one pharmacy in another town.
(d) At different pharmacies in other towns.

6. Why does Jim feel that he is being detained in the fifth scene of the play?
(a) For paranoid reasons.
(b) For too many reasons.
(c) For no reason.
(d) For very little reason.

7. Who called Ann earlier in the day?
(a) Jim's brother.
(b) Jim's cousin.
(c) Jim's boss.
(d) Jim's friend.

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

9. Where does Act 2 open?
(a) The psychiatric ward.
(b) The convalescent ward.
(c) The doctor's office.
(d) The recreation room.

10. Who did Ann call after receiving the phone call she is telling the doctors about?
(a) Her work.
(b) The hospital.
(c) The police.
(d) The doctor.

11. What day is it in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Tuesday.

12. What reason does Jim give Dr. Bellman for his suicide attempt?
(a) His job.
(b) His insurance policy.
(c) His obsession with pills.
(d) His lack of friends.

13. As he explains to the doctor, what did Jim not have enough money to buy?
(a) Theater tickets for a friend.
(b) Dessert for a friend.
(c) A gift for a friend.
(d) Dinner for a friend.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do patients reveal in a semi-conscious state, according to the doctor?

2. What does Jim realize about Ann as Act 1 ends?

3. What is the setting for Act 1, Scene 5?

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

5. In what way does Jim eventually respond to Dr. Bellman's first request?

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