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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What side effect of Vivian's medication trips up the fellows during grand rounds?
(a) Fatigue.
(b) Psychological depression.
(c) Hair loss.
(d) Nausea and vomiting.

2. What example does Vivian's father give her to help her understand the definition of the word she struggles with?
(a) His Victorian Era settee.
(b) Boring dinner conversation.
(c) Deer ticks.
(d) Vivian's mother's flower-bed.

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

4. What about Vivian's condition does she think Donne would revel in?
(a) The paradox of it.
(b) The closeness to death.
(c) The possibility for a sonnet.
(d) Her vulnerability.

5. How would Vivian tell her students to think of her situation?
(a) As a puzzle.
(b) As allusion.
(c) As wit.
(d) As irony.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vivian do after meeting with Ashford?

2. What turn does Vivian's vocabulary take in Scene 5?

3. What does Jason call Vivian's condition when he sees her at the beginning of Scene 8?

4. Why is Vivian's treatment aggressive?

5. What does Vivian want to document to the audience before grand rounds?

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