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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Susie give Vivian to drink at the beginning of Scene 8?
(a) Hot tea.
(b) Juice.
(c) Ice water.
(d) Milk.

2. What turn does Vivian's vocabulary take in Scene 5?
(a) A turn for the colloquial.
(b) A turn for the Anglo-Saxon.
(c) A turn for the vernacular.
(d) A turn for the less eloquent.

3. What does Vivian say about her peritoneal cavity?
(a) It has been removed.
(b) There is no trace of cancer.
(c) It is crawling with cancer.
(d) Only one tumor remains.

4. How does Vivian occupy herself while she waits for her physical exam?
(a) She recites a sonnet by John Donne.
(b) She sings.
(c) She imagines she is giving a lecture.
(d) She speculates how her career path would have gone if she had not gotten cancer.

5. What does Vivian decide about the issue Susie discusses with her?
(a) She would like her body donated to science.
(b) She would like to hire a live-in nurse instead of going to a transitional care facility.
(c) She does not want to be resuscitated if her heart stops.
(d) She would like to stop treatment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Susie tell Vivian about her cancer?

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

3. How many visitors has Vivian had since arriving at the hospital?

4. Vivian says she wants to know what the doctors mean when they ______.

5. What false name does Vivian give a technician?

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