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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. What does Jim ask Grosberg to do for him?
(a) Get a cigarette.
(b) Mail a letter.
(c) Write a letter.
(d) Take his cigarettes away.

2. What is Ann's hope if Jim stays in the hospital and recovers slowly?
(a) That he will forget about Charlotte.
(b) That he will want to heal their marriage.
(c) That he will sign the divorce papers.
(d) That he will finally tell her who Charlotte is.

3. What does Ann realize as she enters in the fifth scene of Act 1?
(a) Jim's conversation with Mr. Fleming and Grosberg.
(b) Jim's conversation with Dr. Barrow.
(c) Jim's conversation with Miss Hansen and Miss Cardell.
(d) Jim's conversation with Dr. Schlesinger.

4. What happens in "seven", according to what the other patients tell Jim?
(a) Patients are strapped down and put in a straight jacket.
(b) Patients are sedated.
(c) Patients are given electrotherapy.
(d) Patients are questioned.

5. How does Dr. Barrow respond to Ann's outlook on life as the second scene of the play ends?
(a) He thinks it is a positive sign.
(b) He thinks it is a negative sign.
(c) He thinks it is the reason for Jim's suicide attempt.
(d) He thinks it is a mistake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the weather like in Act 1, Scene 3?

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

3. What does Dr. Barrow suggest that Ann does when Jim becomes semi-conscious?

4. Who is George O'Brien?

5. How does Jim respond to Ann's statement at the end of Act 1, Scene 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ann exercise even more control over Jim in Act 2, Scene 4?

2. Why is the conversation between Jim and Ann in the beginning of Act 2, Scene 4 important?

3. What is Jim's state of mind in Act 1, Scene 1, and what does he admit to?

4. How is Jim brought into the hospital and what is the reason he is there?

5. How is the convalescent ward compared to a prison sentence?

6. What does Dr. Bellman try to do at the beginning of Act 3, Scene 4?

7. What is Jim's mood in the last scene of Act 2, and why does he feel that way?

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

9. Who is Harry, what is he like, and how does Jim respond to him?

10. What does Tom say about Ann's family and how is this another example of her control over him?

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