The Bell Jar Test | Final Test - Easy

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The Bell Jar Test | Final Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has it been since Esther has slept?
(a) 7 days
(b) 14 days
(c) 21 days
(d) 30 days

2. What does Mrs. Bannister discover about Esther one evening?
(a) She has thrown out the roses from her mother.
(b) She is sleeping too much.
(c) She has had a reaction to the insulin injections.
(d) She is not responding to the insulin injections.

3. What treatment does Dr. Gordon suggest for Esther?
(a) Shock treatment
(b) Admittance to an asylum
(c) Continued weekly appointments with him
(d) Anti-depressants

4. What infuriates Esther in Dr. Gordon's office?
(a) The plants
(b) His silver pencil
(c) The photograph of his family
(d) The lighting

5. Which of the following is NOT a privilege given to residents of Belsize?
(a) visits home
(b) town visits
(c) walks
(d) shopping

6. How does Esther ultimately decide she will do to commit suicide?
(a) Cut her wrists
(b) Take all of her sleeping pills
(c) Drown herself
(d) Hang herself

7. What concern about her future does Buddy express to Esther?
(a) How she will be able to have a literary career when she can't write
(b) What people will be willing to befriend her after being in an asylum
(c) What man will marry her after being in an asylum
(d) How she'll be able to maintain her sanity in the

8. Other than tabloid magazines, what type of books is Esther able to read?
(a) James Joyce's novels
(b) Poetry
(c) Abnormal psychology texts
(d) A book of short stories

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

10. What is unusual about Miss Norris?
(a) She is not friendly to Esther.
(b) She wears a cameo brooch.
(c) She does not speak.
(d) She will not leave her room.

11. How long has it been since Esther has slept when she first visits Dr. Gordon?
(a) 3 nights
(b) 7 nights
(c) 30 nights
(d) 14 nights

12. What course of treatment does Joan's first psychiatrist recommend for her?
(a) Group therapy
(b) Anti-depressants
(c) Commitment to a mental hospital
(d) Shock treatments

13. What led Joan to run away from home?
(a) Her breakup with Buddy
(b) A fight with her parents
(c) An article about Esther
(d) Sores on her feet

14. Why is Esther surprised when the nurse tells her she is moving to Belsize?
(a) She is angry that they are moving her down.
(b) She never thought she'd make it to Belsize.
(c) She does not feel well enough to move up.
(d) Dr. Nolan had told her it would be some time before she was moved up.

15. Why does Buddy Willard visit Esther in the asylum?
(a) He wants to know if he drove she and Joan to insanity.
(b) He wants to make sure that Esther is well enough to return to college.
(c) He wants to ask her to marry him.
(d) He wants to know the details of Joan's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Esther wear to her exit hearing at the asylum?

2. Who is Esther's doctor at the private hospital?

3. Why does Dr. Nolan arrive early at Esther's room one day?

4. What keeps Esther from committing suicide with the cord from her mother's robe?

5. What does Esther do that gets her transferred to another hospital?

(see the answer keys)

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