The Shrike Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Joseph Kramm
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 143 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Shrike Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Joseph Kramm
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 143 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. What day is it in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Saturday.

2. What time is it when Act 1, Scene 3 opens?
(a) 1:00.
(b) Noon.
(c) Midnight.
(d) 3:00.

3. What is likely to happen if a patient gets sent to "seven"?
(a) They will be kept there indefinitely.
(b) They will never leave.
(c) They will be transferred to the state hospital.
(d) They will be transferred back to the psychiatric ward.

4. Who is the Miss Hansen?
(a) The head nurse.
(b) A psychologist.
(c) A doctor.
(d) The student nurse.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jim ask Grosberg to do for him?

2. What does Jim learn about the monitoring system from the other patients in Act 2?

3. What is Jim's main profession?

4. What does Dr. Bellman ask Jim in the beginning of Act 2, Scene 2?

5. What is the fear that the other patients have of "seven"?

Short Essay Questions

1. When does Act 3, Scene 2 take place and who is meeting at the beginning of the scene?

2. What is Jim's theory about life and death, and why his suicide attempt should not been seen as selfish?

3. Why is the conversation between Jim and Ann in the beginning of Act 2, Scene 4 important?

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

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

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

7. How are the patients in the convalescent ward described, and what is the contrast between them and Jim in Act 2, Scene 1?

8. What happens at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 3 that shocks Jim?

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

10. What is Jim's outburst and how is it symbolic?

(see the answer keys)

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