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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Vivian's principal task during her time with Ashford?
(a) Organizing manuscripts.
(b) Grading freshman essays.
(c) Alphabetizing index cards.
(d) Responding to fan mail.

2. What source does Gardner's translation use for the sonnets?
(a) Essex manuscripts.
(b) London manuscripts.
(c) Reading manuscripts.
(d) Westmoreland manuscripts.

3. What kind of medication does Susie say Vivian will get?
(a) Patient-controlled.
(b) Constant.
(c) Not so much that she will be unconscious.
(d) Aggressive.

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

5. What does Vivian guess is the reason the student asks a favor of her?
(a) She is sucking up to Vivian.
(b) Her grandmother has died.
(c) Her previous mentor has retired.
(d) She truly wants to learn.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jason describe cancer?

2. What is the date of the sonnet Vivian recites when she imagines she is teaching?

3. Why does Vivian go into the hospital at the beginning of Scene 8?

4. What is Vivian's only defense?

5. What overwhelms the meaning of the sonnet in the translation Vivian used?

(see the answer key)

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