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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. According to Gardner's translation, what separates life from life everlasting?
(a) A day.
(b) A period.
(c) A dream.
(d) A comma.

5. What is the problem with the translation Vivian used?
(a) The punctuation.
(b) The meter.
(c) The adjectives are missing.
(d) It was renounced by scholars.

6. What does Vivian consider her life's work?
(a) Words.
(b) Donne.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Education.

7. What literary device does Vivian reference in her opening monologue?
(a) Exposition.
(b) Imagery.
(c) Irony.
(d) Alliteration.

8. Why does Vivian have to wait for her physical exam?
(a) She is early for her appointment.
(b) Kelekian is with another patient.
(c) Jason has to find Susie.
(d) She wants to create suspense for the audience.

9. What does Vivian do after meeting with Ashford?
(a) Go back to the library.
(b) Do the paper over.
(c) Go outside.
(d) Read it again.

10. When did Vivian lose her hair?
(a) It is still falling out.
(b) After the first cycle of chemotherapy.
(c) She shaved her head before she began chemotherapy.
(d) Between the fourth and fifth cycles of chemotherapy.

11. How does Vivian get to the hospital at the beginning of Scene 8?
(a) She takes a taxi.
(b) She is taken in by an ambulance.
(c) She drives herself.
(d) She is driven by a colleague.

12. Why does Vivian go into the hospital at the beginning of Scene 8?
(a) She wants to say hello to Susie.
(b) She has a fever.
(c) She was in a car accident.
(d) She is scheduled for her fifth cycle of chemotherapy.

13. What is the title of the book Vivian published?
(a) Donne and Death: a Comprehensive Text.
(b) Death Be Not Proud.
(c) Made Cunningly.
(d) A Biography of John Donne.

14. What is Vivian's first appointment in Scene 4?
(a) Physical exam.
(b) Blood work.
(c) GI series.
(d) Chest x-ray.

15. What about Vivian's condition does she think Donne would revel in?
(a) The paradox of it.
(b) Her vulnerability.
(c) The closeness to death.
(d) The possibility for a sonnet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Jason to lose his composure at the end of Vivian's physical exam?

2. Why does Kelekian wear a mask when he checks on Vivian?

3. What does Vivian want to document to the audience before grand rounds?

4. What example does Vivian's father give her to help her understand the definition of the word she struggles with?

5. What fruit is the same size as Vivian's tumor?

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