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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of the book Vivian published?
(a) Donne and Death: a Comprehensive Text.
(b) A Biography of John Donne.
(c) Death Be Not Proud.
(d) Made Cunningly.

2. Who presents Vivian's case during grand rounds?
(a) Kelekian.
(b) Jason.
(c) Susie.
(d) A doctor Vivian has never met.

3. How does Vivian say she likes the poem she recites after her ultrasound?
(a) In the abstract.
(b) For funerals.
(c) As supplemental reading.
(d) In its vocabulary.

4. How do Jason and Kelekian feel about how Vivian's treatment has gone?
(a) They are not saying much about it.
(b) They are delighted.
(c) They are concerned.
(d) They are optimistic.

5. What does Vivian consider her life's work?
(a) Education.
(b) Donne.
(c) Words.
(d) Poetry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will Jason and Kelekian's journal article be about?

2. Vivian says, “What we have come to think of as me is, in fact, just the ____.”

3. How does Vivian treat words?

4. What about Vivian's condition does she think Donne would revel in?

5. What does Susie give Vivian to drink at the beginning of Scene 8?

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