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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Vivian say she is given to live?
(a) Two hours.
(b) Several weeks.
(c) Two months.
(d) Six months.

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

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

4. What will happen after the final treatment cycle?
(a) Vivian will have to decide the next step.
(b) Vivian will be in remission.
(c) Vivian will undergo a battery of tests.
(d) Vivian's tumor will be removed.

5. What false name does Vivian give a technician?
(a) Duke Jasper Fforde.
(b) Jane Eyre.
(c) Kristin Lavransdatter.
(d) Lucy, Countess of Bedford.

6. What does Vivian say she is learning to do during her course of chemotherapy treatment?
(a) To survive.
(b) To sleep.
(c) To be patient.
(d) To suffer.

7. What trait do Vivian and Kelekian emphasize with their students?
(a) Inquiry.
(b) Thoroughness.
(c) Skepticism.
(d) Brevity.

8. How long would Scene 6 last if Vivian had written it?
(a) Fifteen minutes.
(b) Ten minutes.
(c) An hour and a half.
(d) It would be endless.

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

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

11. How long did Vivian study with Ashford?
(a) Three years.
(b) Until she completed her Ph.D.
(c) Six years.
(d) One year.

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

13. What does Vivian think would be a great loss to her discipline?
(a) Her death.
(b) Barfing her brains out.
(c) Allowing her colleagues to hear her vocabulary.
(d) Retiring.

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

15. Who takes Vivian's medical history in Scene 4?
(a) A technician.
(b) Susie.
(c) Kelekian.
(d) Jason.

Short Answer Questions

1. What source does Gardner's translation use for the sonnets?

2. Why does Vivian ring the bell after she vomits?

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

4. What word does Kelekian use to refer to Vivian's cancer?

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

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