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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 Vivian connect her new word with the story she is reading?

2. What does Vivian describe as “mildly uncomfortable” in Scene 5?

3. What side effect of Vivian's medication trips up the fellows during grand rounds?

4. What does Ashford instruct Vivian to do?

5. What book does Vivian choose to read on her birthday?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Vivian as she appears at the opening of the play.

2. What are the two examples Vivian gives of being asked the standard greeting?

3. What does Vivian say the audience will see in “this dramatic structure?” What does Vivian want to document?

4. How does Vivian say she would have preferred her play be cast? Why can it not be?

5. What is the truth that Ashford refers to in her explanation of Donne's sonnet?

6. How does Ashford describe Vivian's essay?

7. When and how did Vivian discover words would be her life's work?

8. How does Vivian's father teach her the word “soporific?”

9. Why does Jason not want to lower Vivian's dose of chemotherapy?

10. What are three things Vivian think about while Kelekian is explaining her diagnosis?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define allegory. Give one example of an allegory used in the play. Explain how this is an allegory. Is the allegory effective? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Define conflict. Identify each type of conflict and give at least one example of each from Wit. How do each of these conflicts resolve by the end of the play?

Essay Topic 3

Define climax. Identify the climax of the play. How do you know this is the climax of the story? What events led up to this moment? How does the rest of the story play out after the climax? Could any other moments be considered climactic? If so, which ones and how?

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