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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dr. Barrow respond to Ann's outlook on life as the second scene of the play ends?
(a) He thinks it is a negative sign.
(b) He thinks it is a positive sign.
(c) He thinks it is the reason for Jim's suicide attempt.
(d) He thinks it is a mistake.

2. What has Jim been depressed over?
(a) His inability to write his next play.
(b) His inability to work well with the other actors.
(c) His inability to find the lead for his next play.
(d) His inability to recapture his professional success.

3. Who is George O'Brien?
(a) Another patient.
(b) Jim's attendant.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A professor.

4. Who called Ann earlier in the day?
(a) Jim's friend.
(b) Jim's brother.
(c) Jim's boss.
(d) Jim's cousin.

5. What time is it at the start of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) 12:00 midnight.
(b) 12:00 noon.
(c) 2:00 in the afternoon.
(d) 2:00 in the morning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jim say when he becomes conscious at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?

2. Who is Dr. Bellman?

3. Who is Miss Cardell?

4. How many days have passed since the previous scene as the third scene in Act 1 begins?

5. When the doctor questions him in Act 1, Scene 2, what does Jim say about his life?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What is Jim's mood like at the start of Act 1, Scene 5, and what does he learn about the convalescent ward?

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

4. What test do the doctors give to Jim in Act 3, Scene 2, and what is the point of it?

5. How does Jim's visit with Dr. Bellman highlight the hospital's flaws when it comes to the way they treat patients?

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

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

8. What is Jim's mood in the last scene of Act 2, and why does he feel that way?

9. What does Jim learn from Miss Wingate about Ann at the end of Act 2, Scene 3?

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

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