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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What question does Vivian discuss in her opening monologue?
(a) “Do you have any questions?”
(b) “Do you understand?”
(c) “Does that sound good?”
(d) “How are you feeling today?”

3. What is the struggle in the beginning of the sonnet, according to Ashford?
(a) Love.
(b) Death.
(c) Education.
(d) Salvation.

4. What poem does Vivian quote in her final coherent lines of the play?
(a) Holy Sonnet Six.
(b) Lady Lazarus.
(c) She Sleeps.
(d) The Day of Rain.

5. How does Vivian handle unfamiliar medical terms?
(a) She analyzes them by breaking them down.
(b) She looks them up.
(c) She asks Susie.
(d) She pretends she understands.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Vivian's initial morphine dosage?

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

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

4. What question does Vivian ask about a sonnet in a flashback of her student interactions?

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

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