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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Vivian go into the hospital at the beginning of Scene 8?
(a) She was in a car accident.
(b) She has a fever.
(c) She wants to say hello to Susie.
(d) She is scheduled for her fifth cycle of chemotherapy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What translation should Vivian have used?

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

3. How does Vivian treat words?

4. What is Vivian's second appointment in Scene 4?

5. What sonnet is Vivian's paper about that must be done over?

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