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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of the book Vivian published?
(a) Made Cunningly.
(b) Death Be Not Proud.
(c) A Biography of John Donne.
(d) Donne and Death: a Comprehensive Text.

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

3. What stage is Vivian's cancer in?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

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

5. What overwhelms the meaning of the sonnet in the translation Vivian used?
(a) Meter.
(b) Punctuation.
(c) Adverbs.
(d) The translator's religiosity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ashford instruct Vivian to do?

2. What translation should Vivian have used?

3. Who is Kelekian?

4. What does Vivian think would be a great loss to her discipline?

5. Why does Vivian have to wait for her physical exam?

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