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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the nurse try to get away from Mr. Fleming?
(a) A needle.
(b) A bottle.
(c) A pencil.
(d) Cigarettes.

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

3. 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 be devastated.
(c) They would celebrate.
(d) They would not even realize it.

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

5. What does Ann tell Jim when he first wakes up in the hospital?
(a) That she loves him.
(b) That she is paying for the doctor bills.
(c) That she has called his family.
(d) That she wants a divorce.

6. When were Jim and Ann supposed to meet?
(a) On Saturday.
(b) On Monday.
(c) On Tuesday.
(d) On Sunday.

7. What is Dr. Schlesinger's decision at the end of Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Jim will need to stay in the hospital for at least another month.
(b) Jim is well enough to leave the hospital, but not go to his interview.
(c) Jim can only leave the hospital if he agrees to go home with Ann.
(d) Jim is not well enough to leave the hospital.

8. What does Jim learn about the monitoring system from the other patients in Act 2?
(a) The doctors choose which patients to monitor.
(b) Only their words are being listened to.
(c) Everything they say and do is being observed.
(d) Only their actions are being observed.

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

10. What do Grosberg and Mr. Fleming inform Jim of, which surprises him?
(a) That he is in the psychiatric building.
(b) That he is restricted from talking to the other patients.
(c) That he is not really in a hospital.
(d) That he must follow the doctor's instructions or he will be placed in a straight jacket.

11. What is likely to happen if a patient gets sent to "seven"?
(a) They will be transferred to the state hospital.
(b) They will be transferred back to the psychiatric ward.
(c) They will be kept there indefinitely.
(d) They will never leave.

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

13. When the doctor questions him in Act 1, Scene 2, what does Jim say about his life?
(a) It is a mess.
(b) It is horrible.
(c) It is a wreck.
(d) It is over.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Dr. Kramer?

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

3. What reason does Ann give for why Jim might not be ready to leave for his job interview?

4. When was Jim's last play?

5. Why does Jim feel that he is being detained in the fifth scene of the play?

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