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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Susie react when Vivian explains her reaction?
(a) She offers her some juice.
(b) She giggles.
(c) She gives her a hug.
(d) She cries with her.

2. How would Vivian tell her students to think of her situation?
(a) As irony.
(b) As a puzzle.
(c) As allusion.
(d) As wit.

3. How does Vivian get Susie to come into her room?
(a) She moans in pain.
(b) She presses the call button.
(c) She pinches her IV tubing.
(d) She coughs.

4. What question does Vivian ask Jason when he visits her room in Scene 11?
(a) Why he does not like patients.
(b) What hospital he wants to pursue his research.
(c) Why he took her poetry class.
(d) Why he chose cancer research.

5. Who published Vivian's dissertation?
(a) The Scholarly Journal of Literature.
(b) The University Press.
(c) Critical Discourse.
(d) The Journal of English Texts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does Vivian discuss in her opening monologue?

2. When does Scene 6 open?

3. What reason does Vivian give for her explanation?

4. What does Susie want to discuss with Vivian?

5. Which of the Holy Sonnets does Vivian recite when she imagines she is teaching?

(see the answer key)

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