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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who takes Vivian's medical history in Scene 4?
(a) Kelekian.
(b) Susie.
(c) A technician.
(d) Jason.

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

3. What was Vivian doing when she decided to go into the hospital at the beginning of Scene 8?
(a) Baking cookies.
(b) Grading essays.
(c) Driving.
(d) Reading at home.

4. What does Vivian consider her life's work?
(a) Words.
(b) Education.
(c) Donne.
(d) Poetry.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What overwhelms the meaning of the sonnet in the translation Vivian used?

2. Who does Vivian say is the greatest wit?

3. What does Vivian say she is supposed to think is a relief?

4. What does one student say Donne is hiding behind in his sonnets?

5. What does Susie give Vivian to drink at the beginning of Scene 8?

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