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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 desperate act.
(d) He thinks it is a selfish act.

2. 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.

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

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

5. What does Jim reveal to the doctor about Ann in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) She is forgetful.
(b) She is kind and loyal.
(c) She is crazy.
(d) She is cunning and manipulative.

6. Who is George O'Brien?
(a) Jim's attendant.
(b) A professor.
(c) Another patient.
(d) A doctor.

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

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

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

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

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

12. What does Mr. Fleming tell Jim about the convalescent ward?
(a) Patients there do not want to leave.
(b) Patients do not leave there as quickly as they would like.
(c) Patients leave there more quickly than they think.
(d) Patients never leave there.

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

14. How old is Dr. Kramer?
(a) About 25.
(b) About 40.
(c) About 35.
(d) About 30.

15. What does Jim say when he becomes conscious at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) That he wants to die.
(b) That he wants a doctor.
(c) That he wants a cigarette.
(d) That he wants Charlotte.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the doctor ask Jim when he first wakes up?

2. How long does Ann tell Jim his new location will be for?

3. What does Dr. Barrow suggest that Ann does when Jim becomes semi-conscious?

4. What does Mr. Fleming give to Grosberg?

5. What is the fear that the other patients have of "seven"?

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