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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Harry advise Jim to act from now on?
(a) As if he does not want to teach.
(b) As if he wants to stay in the hospital.
(c) As if he wants to be sent to "seven."
(d) As if he loves Ann.

2. As Act 3, Scene 2 concludes, what is the consensus of the doctors?
(a) That Ann was wrong.
(b) That Jim is telling the truth.
(c) That Ann was right.
(d) That Jim is lying.

3. What does Ann tell Dr. Bellman in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) That Jim is not ready to be released.
(b) That Jim should have been released weeks ago.
(c) That Jim is ready to be released.
(d) That Jim is almost ready to be released.

4. What are the doctors questioning Jim about in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) His anger issues.
(b) The sincerity of his desire to leave the hospital.
(c) The sincerity of his feelings for Ann.
(d) His forgetfulness.

5. What is Jim doing at the end of Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) Sitting by the door.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Playing a game.
(d) Staring out the window.

6. Who is Tom?
(a) Ann's cousin.
(b) Ann's brother.
(c) Jim's cousin.
(d) Jim's brother.

7. What does Jim tell Ann at the end of the play?
(a) That he has not been released.
(b) That he will be released next week.
(c) That he has been released.
(d) That he will never be released.

8. What starts as Act 2 ends?
(a) A car's engine outside of the hospital.
(b) A conversation between two patients.
(c) The music in the background.
(d) A conversation between two doctors.

9. What does Ann deny in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) That she has been talking with doctors.
(b) That she has exaggerated the suicide attempt.
(c) That she is trying to have Jim committed.
(d) That she has spoken to Charlotte.

10. Where is one of the other patients sent in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) To "seven."
(b) To the doctor's office.
(c) To the state hospital.
(d) To the psychiatric ward.

11. What does Ann ask Jim about Charlotte in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) Why he is with her.
(b) How long they have been together.
(c) His recent contact with her.
(d) When he will stop seeing her.

12. How has Jim been behaving as the group assesses in the second scene of Act 3?
(a) Conspicuously.
(b) Strangely.
(c) Nervously.
(d) Pleasantly.

13. What does Dr. Bellman keep in the last scene of the play?
(a) His promise to Harry.
(b) His promise to Ann.
(c) Charlotte's letters to Jim.
(d) Jim's letters to Charlotte.

14. What does Harry tell Jim that Ann has rented?
(a) His car to someone else.
(b) A new apartment for them to live in.
(c) A new car for them to drive.
(d) His apartment to someone else.

15. What are the doctors trying to uncover in the second scene of Act 3?
(a) If Jim is losing his temper.
(b) If Jim is crazy.
(c) If Jim is acting.
(d) If Jim is suicidal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Jim to lose his patience in the last scene in Act 2?

2. Why does Ann tell Dr. Bellman that Jim should remain in the hospital?

3. What is the only way Charlotte will be allowed to see Jim?

4. According to Ann, who thinks that Jim should stay in the hospital?

5. How does Jim respond to Tom's suggestion?

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