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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Jim been depressed over?
(a) His inability to recapture his professional success.
(b) His inability to find the lead for his next play.
(c) His inability to write his next play.
(d) His inability to work well with the other actors.

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

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

4. How many days have passed since the previous scene as the third scene in Act 1 begins?
(a) One.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

5. What is Dr. Kramer's evaluation of Jim in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) He is fine mentally.
(b) He is fine physically.
(c) He does not know Jim's status.
(d) He is not thoroughly healed physically.

6. 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 72 hours.
(d) The next 48 hours.

7. What time is it at the start of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) 12:00 noon.
(b) 12:00 midnight.
(c) 2:00 in the afternoon.
(d) 2:00 in the morning.

8. When does the first scene of The Shrike take place?
(a) Wednesday morning.
(b) Tuesday morning.
(c) Wednesday evening.
(d) Tuesday evening.

9. What floor of the hospital does the first scene of Act 2 take place on?
(a) In the basement.
(b) The third floor.
(c) The first floor.
(d) The second floor.

10. What does Jim tell Dr. Bellman that Ann needed?
(a) A vacation.
(b) Money.
(c) A job.
(d) A psychiatrist.

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

12. 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 horrible.
(c) It is over.
(d) It is a mess.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jim tell the doctor about Charlotte in the fourth scene of Act 1?

2. What does Ann realize as she enters in the fifth scene of Act 1?

3. What day is it in Act 1, Scene 3?

4. How did Jim get the pills to take?

5. Who called Ann earlier in the day?

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