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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What word does Vivian struggle with as she reads on her birthday?
(a) Vintage.
(b) Soporific.
(c) Sanguine.
(d) Crocuses.

3. How many nightgowns does Vivian say she wears all day?
(a) One.
(b) One, as well as a bathrobe.
(c) One less than is comfortable.
(d) Two.

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

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

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

7. What book does Vivian choose to read on her birthday?
(a) The Runaway Bunny.
(b) The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies.
(c) Winnie the Pooh.
(d) The Wizard of Oz.

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

9. Vivian says she wants to know what the doctors mean when they ______.
(a) Talk over her.
(b) Figuratively dissect her.
(c) Treat her.
(d) Anatomize her.

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

11. 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's tumor will be removed.
(d) Vivian will undergo a battery of tests.

12. What does Susie take with her when she leaves Vivian's room at the end of Scene 5?
(a) Vivian's hospital bed.
(b) The wheelchair.
(c) The IV.
(d) Vivian's washbasin.

13. Who did Vivian study Donne under?
(a) Kelekian.
(b) Bearing.
(c) Posner.
(d) Ashford.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What organ will be monitored during Vivian's treatment cycles?

2. What trait do Vivian and Kelekian emphasize with their students?

3. Who is Kelekian?

4. Where will Vivian stay during each cycle of treatment?

5. What was Vivian's principal task during her time with Ashford?

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