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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What kind of cancer does Vivian have?
(a) Bone.
(b) Ovarian.
(c) Breast.
(d) Lung.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Kelekian?

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

3. What trait do Vivian and Kelekian emphasize with their students?

4. How many cycles of treatment will Vivian undergo?

5. What author does Vivian quote at the end of Scene 1?

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