The Bell Jar Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 142 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Bell Jar Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 142 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ladies' Day determine what causes the girls' sickness?
(a) They test the leftover food from the luncheon.
(b) They test vomit collected by the Amazon staff.
(c) They test the contents of one of the girl's stomachs after it is pumped.
(d) They test the ingredients used to make the lunch.

2. What keeps Esther from committing suicide with the cord from her mother's robe?
(a) Her hands release the cord before she loses consciousness.
(b) She decides it is much nobler to die by cutting her wrists.
(c) Her mother comes home and finds her.
(d) The cord breaks as she is tying it in a noose.

3. Why does Esther take her history book with her when she receives the phone call that Buddy is at her dorm?
(a) She does not know who is there to visit and wants to be able to go to the library if the boy is horrific.
(b) She plans to stop by the library after talking with Buddy.
(c) She does not know who is there to visit and plans to read her history book if he is boring.
(d) She wants Buddy to see that she is a studious person.

4. Where does Esther wake up at the start of this chapter?
(a) In the psychiatric ward
(b) In her basement
(c) In her bedroom
(d) In her college dorm room

5. Why won't Buddy allow Esther to ski down the hill again?
(a) He wants to return to the sanatorium.
(b) He says her leg is broken in two places.
(c) He is concerned she will break her leg.
(d) She does not know how to ski.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the nurse tell Esther to help her feel more relaxed during her first shock treatment?

2. What marks the end of Esther's relationship with Eric?

3. Why does Esther begin reading Finnegan's Wake?

4. What sort of doctor does Dr. Nolan refer Esther to?

5. What field does Joan tell Esther she plans on studying when she returns to college?

(see the answer key)

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