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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 is the Miss Hansen?
(a) The head nurse.
(b) A doctor.
(c) The student nurse.
(d) A psychologist.

2. Why does Jim feel that he is being detained in the fifth scene of the play?
(a) For very little reason.
(b) For paranoid reasons.
(c) For no reason.
(d) For too many reasons.

3. What is the weather like in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) It is snowing.
(b) It is cloudy.
(c) It is raining.
(d) It is sunny.

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

5. What does Jim inform Ann of in the third scene of Act 1?
(a) That he will not be returning home.
(b) That he will be returning home.
(c) That he would rather she not call for a while.
(d) That he needs a vacation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time is it at the start of Act 1, Scene 2?

2. How does Jim describe suicide to Dr. Bellman?

3. How does Jim initially respond to Dr. Bellman's request?

4. What does Grosberg tell Jim that some other patients do not need in order to be released?

5. How did Jim get the pills to take?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Gregory and what point does he make at the end of Act 2, Scene 1?

2. What is Jim's outburst and how is it symbolic?

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

4. How does the nature of the theater and performing arts business during the 1950s lead Jim to believe that he will not be able to regain his former success?

5. What is interesting about the things that Jim tells Dr. Bellman about Ann, and what he will not tell him about Charlotte?

6. What is a shrike and why did the author choose it for the title of the play?

7. What test do the doctors give to Jim in Act 3, Scene 2, and what is the point of it?

8. 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?

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

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

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