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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where will Vivian stay during each cycle of treatment?
(a) At a hotel near the hospital.
(b) At the hospital.
(c) At her home.
(d) At a friend's home.

2. What sonnet is Vivian's paper about that must be done over?
(a) Holy Sonnet Ten.
(b) Holy Sonnet Six.
(c) Lady Lazarus.
(d) Holy Sonnet Five.

3. Who did Vivian study Donne under?
(a) Bearing.
(b) Posner.
(c) Kelekian.
(d) Ashford.

4. What word does Kelekian use to refer to Vivian's cancer?
(a) Unstable.
(b) Rare.
(c) Insidious.
(d) Treacherous.

5. What is Vivian wearing as the play begins?
(a) Graduation robes.
(b) Street clothes.
(c) A wedding dress.
(d) A hospital gown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What translation should Vivian have used?

2. What is the struggle in the beginning of the sonnet, according to Ashford?

3. What kind of cancer does Vivian have?

4. What year dates Gardner's source materials?

5. What will happen after the final treatment cycle?

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