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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jason describe cancer?
(a) Draining.
(b) Awesome.
(c) Insidious.
(d) Puzzling.

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

3. What does Vivian guess is the reason the student asks a favor of her?
(a) She is sucking up to Vivian.
(b) She truly wants to learn.
(c) Her grandmother has died.
(d) Her previous mentor has retired.

4. What does Susie want to discuss with Vivian?
(a) Who she would like to have claim her body.
(b) Her wishes about medical interventions.
(c) Whether or not she will continue with the next treatment cycle.
(d) Her preferences for transitional care.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Gardner's translation, what separates life from life everlasting?

2. What will Jason and Kelekian's journal article be about?

3. What course does Jason think is a colossal waste of time for researchers?

4. How does Vivian connect her new word with the story she is reading?

5. How does Jason describe clinicians?

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