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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 Jim's main profession?

2. How does Jim appear as Act 2 begins?

3. What does Mr. Fleming give to Grosberg?

4. As he explains to the doctor, what did Jim not have enough money to buy?

5. What does Jim refuse to discuss with Dr. Bellman in Act 2, Scene 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Jim calmed down after his outburst and what is again brought into focus?

4. Who is Tom and what is the purpose for his visit in Act 3, Scene 3?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is relevant about the time in which the play was written? How does it affect Jim's outlook on his life? Explain why Jim was likely to feel as desperate as his did with his career, life, and self-worth. Use examples from the play to provide a detailed analysis of how men were perceived during that time as well as the way the theater/entertainment industry operated differently than it does today.

Essay Topic 2

In The Shrike, the author uses the background to illustrate certain aspects of the play and its characters.

1) Describe 3 examples of how imagery or scenery is used in the play and what each one represents.

2) For the examples in Part 1, explain how they relate back to the character or characters in that scene.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the difference in Jim's mood and behavior in the beginning of the play with how it changes throughout the events that take place. Include what causes the change and whether or not you think it is justified. Use the book as a reference and provide examples for your analysis.

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