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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What about Vivian's condition does she think Donne would revel in?
(a) The paradox of it.
(b) The possibility for a sonnet.
(c) Her vulnerability.
(d) The closeness to death.

2. What does Vivian want to document to the audience before grand rounds?
(a) The loneliness that exists during cancer.
(b) The times between the dramatic climaxes.
(c) The strange quietness of hospital rooms.
(d) Her loss of hair.

3. Who is Kelekian?
(a) Vivian's mentor.
(b) Vivian's supervisor at work.
(c) Vivian's colleague.
(d) Vivian's oncologist.

4. How long does each cycle take to complete?
(a) One week.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) One month.

5. What causes Jason to lose his composure at the end of Vivian's physical exam?
(a) Susie's outburst.
(b) The fact that she is a professor he had as an undergraduate.
(c) Vivian's response to his exam.
(d) The size of the mass in Vivian's body.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who published Vivian's dissertation?

2. What organ will be monitored during Vivian's treatment cycles?

3. Vivian says she wants to know what the doctors mean when they ______.

4. What false name does Vivian give a technician?

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

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