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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dr. Bellman unable to give Jim as Act 2, Scene 2 ends?

2. How long does Ann tell Jim his new location will be for?

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

4. Where does Act 2 open?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is ironic about the way the play ends and what message was the author trying to deliver?

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

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

5. What does Miss Wingate give Jim in Act 2, Scene 3, and what does it represent?

6. What does Jim tell Dr. Schlesinger about Ann, and how does the doctor respond?

7. What plan of action does Harry suggest that Jim follow and why?

8. What name does Jim keep repeating, how does Ann respond to the name in Act 1, Scene 1, and what does Dr. Kramer tell her as the scene ends?

9. Why is the conversation between Jim and Ann in Act 1, Scene 3 significant?

10. How does Jim handle Dr. Bellman in the fourth scene of Act 3 and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Harry visits Jim and provides a suggestion that leads to Jim's release from the hospital.

1) Describe Harry and his character traits in detail. How are they different than Jim's? In what way does Harry's priorities dictate his actions and cause him to become weaker?

2) What can Harry do to help Jim? Why does he instead choose to see his brother suffer? Which characteristics of Harry prevent him from standing up to Ann?

3) What is the plan that Harry suggests to Jim and why does the author choose him to introduce it? Why has Jim not thought of this before?

Essay Topic 2

The staff at the hospital played a necessary role in Jim's stay, state of mind, and actions.

1) Describe the characters you think were the most influential in Jim's hospital stay, how they were depicted, and the ways they affected Jim's actions.

2) Which scenes that included Jim's interactions with the hospital staff were the most important to the plot? Explain the specific part of the scenes and how they were significant to the play.

3) Why do you think there were so many different doctors and attendants that interacted with Jim? What does that display for the hospital's role in the play? Why is this effective in leading to the eventual outcome?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the hospital in Act 1, Scene 1, including the atmosphere, staff, and doctors. Use examples from the play to depict how the patients are given a limited amount of freedom there. Also, include which characters contribute to the overall setting the most and the least. What is Kramm trying to establish in the beginning of the play?

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