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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What translation should Vivian have used?
(a) Metcalf's.
(b) Graves's.
(c) Garnder's.
(d) Wyatt's.

2. What is Vivian's first appointment in Scene 4?
(a) Chest x-ray.
(b) Blood work.
(c) GI series.
(d) Physical exam.

3. Why does Vivian ring the bell after she vomits?
(a) So she can get help going to the restroom.
(b) So she can have a fresh glass of water.
(c) So she can have some ice chips.
(d) So the vomit can be added to her chart.

4. How many visitors has Vivian had since arriving at the hospital?
(a) Only a few.
(b) Enough to fill a lecture hall.
(c) None.
(d) Several.

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

6. What side effect of Vivian's medication trips up the fellows during grand rounds?
(a) Nausea and vomiting.
(b) Hair loss.
(c) Psychological depression.
(d) Fatigue.

7. What does Susie give Vivian to drink at the beginning of Scene 8?
(a) Milk.
(b) Juice.
(c) Ice water.
(d) Hot tea.

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

9. How many cycles of treatment will Vivian undergo?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) As many as nedded.
(d) 4.

10. What does Susie take with her when she leaves Vivian's room at the end of Scene 5?
(a) The wheelchair.
(b) The IV.
(c) Vivian's washbasin.
(d) Vivian's hospital bed.

11. Why does Vivian have to wait for her physical exam?
(a) She is early for her appointment.
(b) Jason has to find Susie.
(c) Kelekian is with another patient.
(d) She wants to create suspense for the audience.

12. How old is Vivian when Scene 7 opens?
(a) 18.
(b) 10.
(c) 50.
(d) 5.

13. How does Vivian treat words?
(a) As weapons.
(b) With respect.
(c) As life-blood.
(d) As friends.

14. What false name does Vivian give a technician?
(a) Lucy, Countess of Bedford.
(b) Jane Eyre.
(c) Kristin Lavransdatter.
(d) Duke Jasper Fforde.

15. Why does Kelekian wear a mask when he checks on Vivian?
(a) He has a cold.
(b) She is in isolation.
(c) He forgot to take it off when he entered her room.
(d) She is in the operating room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vivian think would be a great loss to her discipline?

2. How would Vivian tell her students to think of her situation?

3. How long does each cycle take to complete?

4. What is Vivian wearing as the play begins?

5. What is the definition of the word Vivian struggles with as she reads on her birthday?

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