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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who called Ann earlier in the day?
(a) Jim's brother.
(b) Jim's boss.
(c) Jim's cousin.
(d) Jim's friend.

2. How does Jim describe suicide to Dr. Bellman?
(a) He thinks it is a selfish act.
(b) He thinks it is not a selfish act.
(c) He thinks it is a desperate act.
(d) He thinks it is not a desperate act.

3. What is Dr. Bellman unable to give Jim as Act 2, Scene 2 ends?
(a) Hope of being released.
(b) The people behind his prolonged stay.
(c) The information they have collected while monitoring him.
(d) A reason for his release.

4. What is Jim's state of mind when the doctors attempt to question him in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) He is too drowsy to respond.
(b) He is surprisingly coherent.
(c) He is extremely alert.
(d) He is unconscious.

5. Where does Act 2 open?
(a) The convalescent ward.
(b) The psychiatric ward.
(c) The doctor's office.
(d) The recreation room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jim think is a waste of time?

2. Who is the Miss Hansen?

3. What does the nurse suggest to Ann in the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?

4. What does Ann tell Jim when he first wakes up in the hospital?

5. What do Grosberg and Mr. Fleming inform Jim of, which surprises him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Jim released and what does he tell Ann on the phone?

2. Why are Ann and Dr. Schlesinger talking in the beginning of Act 1, Scene 4, and what is their reason for hiding it from Jim?

3. According to the doctors in the second scene of Act 3, how has Jim been behaving?

4. What happens at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 3 that shocks Jim?

5. What does Jim challenge Grosberg about, and what does it represent in terms of the way the patients are viewed at the hospital?

6. What do Grosberg and Mr. Fleming reveal to Jim that surprises him, and how does it reflect a larger issue in the hospital?

7. What does Miss Wingate advise Jim of and why is it significant?

8. How does Jim exit Act 3, Scene 3, and what does Ann tell Dr. Bellman?

9. When does Act 3, Scene 2 take place and who is meeting at the beginning of the scene?

10. What is significant about Jim's insurance policy?

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