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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. What does Dr. Barrow suggest that Ann does when Jim becomes semi-conscious?
2. How does Jim respond to Ann's statement at the end of Act 1, Scene 5?
3. What is Jim's state of mind when the doctors attempt to question him in Act 1, Scene 1?
4. How long does Ann tell Jim his new location will be for?
5. What is the state of some of the other patients Jim encounters in Act 2, Scene 1?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why are Ann and Dr. Schlesinger talking in the beginning of Act 1, Scene 4, and what is their reason for hiding it from Jim?
2. 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?
3. What does Miss Wingate advise Jim of and why is it significant?
4. What does the time period in which the play was written have to do with why Jim felt the way that he did?
5. How does Dr. Kramer assess Jim and what does that mean for his possible release?
6. Why is the conversation between Jim and Ann in Act 1, Scene 3 significant?
7. What plan of action does Harry suggest that Jim follow and why?
8. How does Jim exit Act 3, Scene 3, and what does Ann tell Dr. Bellman?
9. How do the nurses interact with the patients in the beginning of the play and what does that illustrate?
10. How does Jim handle Dr. Bellman in the fourth scene of Act 3 and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The other patients are used to contrast Jim's situation at different times during the play.
1) What are the most significant differences between Jim and the other patients? Why are those differences necessary to his position?
2) Describe the patients that you think are the most similar to Jim and the ones that are the most different. For each of them, what role do they play in the plot and the overall message?
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Describe the hospital in Act 1, Scene 1, including the atmosphere, staff, and doctors. Use examples from the play to depict how the patients are given a limited amount of freedom there. Also, include which characters contribute to the overall setting the most and the least. What is Kramm trying to establish in the beginning of the play?
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