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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. How did Jim get the pills to take?

2. What kind of mood is Jim in as the fifth scene in the play begins?

3. How does Jim first appear in the third scene of Act 1?

4. How does Jim respond to Ann after he first wakes up?

5. What does Ann think about Charlotte?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the test that Dr. Bellman gives to Jim and how does it prove Jim's sanity?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is Tom's suggestion for Jim, and how does Jim respond?

8. What suggestion does Dr. Barrow make to Ann and why?

9. How might Harry be able to help Jim, and why doesn't he?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ann clearly has an agenda.

1) Describe Ann's character in detail, including the personality traits that you think are the most important, and how the author displays them.

2) Explain what Ann's objective is and why she is willing to act in extreme ways to attain it.

3) Why do you think Ann wants Jim to return to their marriage so badly? Describe the events in the book that might lead to the answer.

Essay Topic 2

Describe Tom, his role in Ann's scheme, and 3 ways that he contributed to Jim's surrender. Why were they significant and what reason does the author have for waiting until the second to last act to make Tom appear?

Essay Topic 3

Kramm uses various literary devices to make his points in The Shrike.

1) Identify and describe 3 examples of foreshadowing in the play.

2) Identify and describe 3 examples of symbolism in the play.

3) For the above examples, explain what they added to the play, and why the author choose to use them at those specific times.

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