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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What trait do Vivian and Kelekian emphasize with their students?
(a) Inquiry.
(b) Skepticism.
(c) Thoroughness.
(d) Brevity.

5. What is Vivian's first appointment in Scene 4?
(a) GI series.
(b) Chest x-ray.
(c) Physical exam.
(d) Blood work.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who published Vivian's dissertation?

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

3. What word does Kelekian use to refer to Vivian's cancer?

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

5. What kind of cancer does Vivian have?

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