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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What author does Vivian quote at the end of Scene 1?
(a) John Donne.
(b) John Keats.
(c) William Shakespeare.
(d) William Wordsworth.

2. How does Vivian understand the poem, as explained by Ashford?
(a) Wit.
(b) Truth.
(c) Uncompromising.
(d) A puzzle.

3. What example does Vivian's father give her to help her understand the definition of the word she struggles with?
(a) Deer ticks.
(b) Boring dinner conversation.
(c) Vivian's mother's flower-bed.
(d) His Victorian Era settee.

4. In what class did Vivian write the paper she has to do over?
(a) Metaphysical Poetry.
(b) The Modern Novel.
(c) Contemporary Poetry.
(d) Seventeenth-Century Poetry.

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

6. What kind of cancer does Vivian have?
(a) Breast.
(b) Ovarian.
(c) Lung.
(d) Bone.

7. What overwhelms the meaning of the sonnet in the translation Vivian used?
(a) Adverbs.
(b) Punctuation.
(c) The translator's religiosity.
(d) Meter.

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

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

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

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

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

13. Who does Vivian ask Susie to call for her when Susie offers?
(a) Ashford.
(b) No one.
(c) Mr. Bearing.
(d) One of her students.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Vivian think would be a great loss to her discipline?

3. What is Vivian's only defense?

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

5. How would Vivian tell her students to think of her situation?

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