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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will happen after the final treatment cycle?
(a) Vivian will be in remission.
(b) Vivian will undergo a battery of tests.
(c) Vivian will have to decide the next step.
(d) Vivian's tumor will be removed.

2. What author does Vivian quote at the end of Scene 1?
(a) William Wordsworth.
(b) William Shakespeare.
(c) John Keats.
(d) John Donne.

3. What does Vivian think would be a great loss to her discipline?
(a) Her death.
(b) Barfing her brains out.
(c) Retiring.
(d) Allowing her colleagues to hear her vocabulary.

4. How does Vivian think her colleagues would honor her memory?
(a) A portrait in the hall of the department.
(b) A memorial service during which they read the Holy Sonnets.
(c) A collection of her essays on John Donne.
(d) A collection of their essays on John Donne.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Jason to lose his composure at the end of Vivian's physical exam?

2. What food does Susie offer Vivian?

3. How does Vivian understand the poem, as explained by Ashford?

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

5. What literary device does Vivian reference in her opening monologue?

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