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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what class did Vivian write the paper she has to do over?
(a) Contemporary Poetry.
(b) Seventeenth-Century Poetry.
(c) The Modern Novel.
(d) Metaphysical Poetry.

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

3. What is the struggle in the beginning of the sonnet, according to Ashford?
(a) Education.
(b) Death.
(c) Love.
(d) Salvation.

4. How long does Vivian say she is given to live?
(a) Two hours.
(b) Two months.
(c) Several weeks.
(d) Six months.

5. According to Gardner's translation, what separates life from life everlasting?
(a) A day.
(b) A dream.
(c) A comma.
(d) A period.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will happen after the final treatment cycle?

2. Who did Vivian study Donne under?

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

4. What is the problem with the translation Vivian used?

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

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