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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 did Ann call after receiving the phone call she is telling the doctors about?
(a) The doctor.
(b) Her work.
(c) The hospital.
(d) The police.

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

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

4. According to Jim, how would all of the people he knows react to his death?
(a) They would celebrate.
(b) They would not even realize it.
(c) They would be over it soon.
(d) They would be devastated.

5. What does the nurse suggest to Ann in the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) That she starts remembering what happened to Jim.
(b) That she goes home to get the money for the visit.
(c) That she goes home to rest.
(d) That she starts thinking of which relatives to call.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Ann been at Jim's bedside?

2. What is the setting for Act 1, Scene 5?

3. Who is George O'Brien?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is significant about the time of year that the play takes place and what possible reason could the author have had for choosing it?

3. How does the author use the scenery to match Jim's mood in the beginning of Act 1, Scene 3?

4. What does Ann do in the beginning of Act 3 that adds to her control over Jim?

5. As the doctors try to find out a possible reason for Jim's actions in Act 1, Scene 2, what does Ann reveal to them about his career?

6. What is "seven" and what is its purpose in the play?

7. What is the important discovery Jim makes about Ann at the end of Act 1?

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

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

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

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