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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 is Jim's state of mind when the doctors attempt to question him in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) He is unconscious.
(b) He is surprisingly coherent.
(c) He is too drowsy to respond.
(d) He is extremely alert.

2. What is Dr. Bellman unable to give Jim as Act 2, Scene 2 ends?
(a) A reason for his release.
(b) The information they have collected while monitoring him.
(c) Hope of being released.
(d) The people behind his prolonged stay.

3. What does Jim tell Dr. Bellman that Ann needed?
(a) A vacation.
(b) Money.
(c) A psychiatrist.
(d) A job.

4. What does Jim say when he becomes conscious at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) That he wants Charlotte.
(b) That he wants a doctor.
(c) That he wants to die.
(d) That he wants a cigarette.

5. What does Mr. Fleming give to Grosberg?
(a) A pencil.
(b) A bottle.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Jim respond to the new job interview?

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

4. Who is Gregory?

5. What does Ann accept from Miss Cardell while she waits with Jim in the second scene of Act 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Harry, what is he like, and how does Jim respond to him?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is significant about what Jim says at the end of Act 1, Scene 2, and the dialogue between him and Ann?

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

10. What is "seven" and what is its purpose in the play?

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