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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What false name does Vivian give a technician?
(a) Duke Jasper Fforde.
(b) Lucy, Countess of Bedford.
(c) Jane Eyre.
(d) Kristin Lavransdatter.

2. How much does Vivian vomit in Scene 5?
(a) "Less than it feels like."
(b) Several ounces.
(c) A "bucketload."
(d) 300 cc's.

3. When did Vivian lose her hair?
(a) After the first cycle of chemotherapy.
(b) She shaved her head before she began chemotherapy.
(c) Between the fourth and fifth cycles of chemotherapy.
(d) It is still falling out.

4. How does Jason describe clinicians?
(a) As stuff-shirts.
(b) As troglodytes.
(c) As amoebas.
(d) As rats.

5. What causes Jason to lose his composure at the end of Vivian's physical exam?
(a) Vivian's response to his exam.
(b) Susie's outburst.
(c) The size of the mass in Vivian's body.
(d) The fact that she is a professor he had as an undergraduate.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Scene 6 open?

2. How does Susie react when Vivian explains her reaction?

3. How does the scene end when Vivian gets morphine?

4. According to Gardner's translation, what separates life from life everlasting?

5. How does Vivian handle unfamiliar medical terms?

(see the answer key)

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