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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Vivian get to the hospital at the beginning of Scene 8?
(a) She takes a taxi.
(b) She is taken in by an ambulance.
(c) She drives herself.
(d) She is driven by a colleague.

2. How many cycles of treatment has Vivian endured after her ultrasound?
(a) Eight.
(b) Five.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Six.

3. How does Vivian describe the level of her sickness after her ultrasound?
(a) Ultimately sick.
(b) Overwhelmingly sick.
(c) Terminally sick.
(d) Understatedly sick.

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

5. How does Vivian occupy herself while she waits for her physical exam?
(a) She sings.
(b) She speculates how her career path would have gone if she had not gotten cancer.
(c) She recites a sonnet by John Donne.
(d) She imagines she is giving a lecture.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kelekian wear a mask when he checks on Vivian?

2. What does Vivian consider her life's work?

3. How does Vivian say some would describe her in everything she has done?

4. Who presents Vivian's case during grand rounds?

5. What fruit is the same size as Vivian's tumor?

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