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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year dates Gardner's source materials?
(a) 1455.
(b) 1623.
(c) 1610.
(d) They are undated.

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

3. What causes Jason to lose his composure at the end of Vivian's physical exam?
(a) Vivian's response to his exam.
(b) Susie's outburst.
(c) The fact that she is a professor he had as an undergraduate.
(d) The size of the mass in Vivian's body.

4. Who interrupts Vivian's lecture when she imagines she is teaching?
(a) Susie.
(b) Ashford.
(c) Jason.
(d) Kelekian.

5. What is the last thing Vivian says to the audience?
(a) “I'm sorry.”
(b) “Good night.”
(c) “I want to go home.”
(d) “I'm just so tired.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Vivian's only defense?

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

3. What does Vivian say she is learning to do during her course of chemotherapy treatment?

4. What does Vivian say about medical terms in comparison to the words of Donne?

5. What does Jason come in to Vivian's room to check at the beginning of Scene 11?

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