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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of student usually asks the question Vivian is asked every year?
(a) One of the smart ones.
(b) One of the non-traditional students.
(c) One of the students taking the class as an elective.
(d) One of the students who ends up working as a teaching assistant.

2. What question is Vivian asked every year by a student?
(a) Where did Donne come up with his ideas?
(b) Why are the sonnets “holy?”
(c) Why are the sonnets “holy?”
(d) Why does Donne make everything so complicated?

3. What will happen after the final treatment cycle?
(a) Vivian will undergo a battery of tests.
(b) Vivian will be in remission.
(c) Vivian's tumor will be removed.
(d) Vivian will have to decide the next step.

4. How many cycles of treatment has Vivian endured after her ultrasound?
(a) Eight.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Eleven.

5. What kind of cancer does Vivian have?
(a) Ovarian.
(b) Lung.
(c) Bone.
(d) Breast.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who published Vivian's dissertation?

2. What translation should Vivian have used?

3. What is Vivian wearing as the play begins?

4. Which of the Holy Sonnets does Vivian recite when she imagines she is teaching?

5. Who does Vivian ask Susie to call for her when Susie offers?

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