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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Vivian say the attention of chemotherapy was flattering?
(a) Three seconds.
(b) A cycle.
(c) Five minutes.
(d) One hour.

2. What was Vivian's principal task during her time with Ashford?
(a) Responding to fan mail.
(b) Organizing manuscripts.
(c) Grading freshman essays.
(d) Alphabetizing index cards.

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

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

5. What year dates Gardner's source materials?
(a) They are undated.
(b) 1455.
(c) 1610.
(d) 1623.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the title of the book Vivian published?

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

5. What does Ashford instruct Vivian to do?

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