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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does Kelekian use to refer to Vivian's cancer?
(a) Rare.
(b) Insidious.
(c) Treacherous.
(d) Unstable.

2. What kind of cancer does Vivian have?
(a) Bone.
(b) Ovarian.
(c) Lung.
(d) Breast.

3. According to Gardner's translation, what separates life from life everlasting?
(a) A comma.
(b) A dream.
(c) A period.
(d) A day.

4. What literary device does Vivian reference in her opening monologue?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Imagery.
(c) Exposition.
(d) Irony.

5. What sonnet is Vivian's paper about that must be done over?
(a) Holy Sonnet Five.
(b) Holy Sonnet Ten.
(c) Lady Lazarus.
(d) Holy Sonnet Six.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where will Vivian stay during each cycle of treatment?

2. What is the struggle in the beginning of the sonnet, according to Ashford?

3. How long does Vivian say she is given to live?

4. What question does Vivian discuss in her opening monologue?

5. What overwhelms the meaning of the sonnet in the translation Vivian used?

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