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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Vivian have to wait for her physical exam?
(a) She is early for her appointment.
(b) Jason has to find Susie.
(c) Kelekian is with another patient.
(d) She wants to create suspense for the audience.

2. What translation should Vivian have used?
(a) Garnder's.
(b) Graves's.
(c) Wyatt's.
(d) Metcalf's.

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

4. How does Vivian occupy herself while she waits for her physical exam?
(a) She speculates how her career path would have gone if she had not gotten cancer.
(b) She recites a sonnet by John Donne.
(c) She imagines she is giving a lecture.
(d) She sings.

5. What source does Gardner's translation use for the sonnets?
(a) Essex manuscripts.
(b) Westmoreland manuscripts.
(c) Reading manuscripts.
(d) London manuscripts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Kelekian?

2. How long does Vivian say she is given to live?

3. What stage is Vivian's cancer in?

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

5. What causes Jason to lose his composure at the end of Vivian's physical exam?

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