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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jim respond to Ann after he first wakes up?

2. How does Jim initially respond to Dr. Bellman's request?

3. What is Jim's main profession?

4. What does Ann realize as she enters in the fifth scene of Act 1?

5. What did the letter that Jim wrote indicate?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the nature of the theater and performing arts business during the 1950s lead Jim to believe that he will not be able to regain his former success?

4. What does Tom say about Ann's family and how is this another example of her control over him?

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

7. What is significant about Jim's insurance policy?

8. How is Jim released and what does he tell Ann on the phone?

9. How does Jim exit Act 3, Scene 3, and what does Ann tell Dr. Bellman?

10. What are the circumstances around Jim's suicide attempt, as revealed in the first scene?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain in detail what "seven" is and what it actually represents in terms of Jim's character and the hospital in general. Use the events in the book to analyze how "seven" was used, citing specific examples to illustrate its purpose.

Essay Topic 2

What do you think the author's intent was for ending the play so tragically?

1) What is the message he is conveying with Jim's hopelessness? How is Jim's release from the hospital ironic? What is your opinion of the way Jim sacrifices everything in his life that makes him happy in order to live a life of restriction and control.

2) How is Jim's life with Ann similar to his stay at the hospital? Which one do you think is worse? Why?

3) What was Jim's role in the ending? How much of the responsibility should he claim for how his life turned out? To what extent is he a victim compared to a contributor? Why?

4) Was there another way to end the play where Jim did not have to suffer so much? If not, why? If there was, what could it have been?

Essay Topic 3

What is relevant about the time in which the play was written? How does it affect Jim's outlook on his life? Explain why Jim was likely to feel as desperate as his did with his career, life, and self-worth. Use examples from the play to provide a detailed analysis of how men were perceived during that time as well as the way the theater/entertainment industry operated differently than it does today.

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