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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jim feel that he has acted since entering the hospital, as he describes in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) He has cooperated with some, not with others.
(b) He has not cooperated with anyone.
(c) He has cooperated with everyone except Ann.
(d) He has cooperated with everyone.

2. What morning is it when Act 1, Scene 4 begins?
(a) Monday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Saturday.

3. How does Ann respond to the doctor's request that Jim be given his Last Rites?
(a) She is silent.
(b) She becomes angry at the doctor.
(c) She refuses to believe it.
(d) She becomes hysterical.

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

5. How long does Ann tell Jim his new location will be for?
(a) Only for one week.
(b) Only for a few weeks.
(c) Only for two weeks.
(d) Only for a few days.

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

7. What does Jim tell the doctor about Charlotte in the fourth scene of Act 1?
(a) He refuses to talk about her.
(b) He has been seeing her.
(c) He has no idea who she is.
(d) He only met her twice.

8. According to Jim, how would all of the people he knows react to his death?
(a) They would be over it soon.
(b) They would not even realize it.
(c) They would be devastated.
(d) They would celebrate.

9. When does Ann tell Jim his interview for the theater job is?
(a) Monday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Tuesday.

10. What does Jim realize about Ann as Act 1 ends?
(a) That she knew about the plan to move him.
(b) That she knows about Charlotte.
(c) That she fabricated the job interview.
(d) That she is crazier than he is.

11. What is the fear that the other patients have of "seven"?
(a) Being left alone there.
(b) Being kept from there.
(c) Being unintentionally transferred there.
(d) Being sent there.

12. What does Ann think about Charlotte?
(a) That she is behind Jim's suicide attempt.
(b) She has no idea who Charlotte is.
(c) That she tried to kill Jim.
(d) That she may be able to help Jim recover faster.

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

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does Jim currently hold?

2. What is Dr. Kramer's evaluation of Jim in Act 1, Scene 3?

3. How does Jim respond to Ann's statement at the end of Act 1, Scene 5?

4. What floor of the hospital does the first scene of Act 2 take place on?

5. Who did Ann call after receiving the phone call she is telling the doctors about?

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