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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What source does Gardner's translation use for the sonnets?
(a) Essex manuscripts.
(b) Reading manuscripts.
(c) Westmoreland manuscripts.
(d) London manuscripts.

2. What advantage do the doctors have over Vivian in the world of vocabulary?
(a) They do not care what words mean.
(b) They understand her vocabulary, but she is unable to understand theirs.
(c) They have a greater arsenal of vocabulary when it comes to medical terminology.
(d) They only need to rely on what is in their textbooks.

3. Why does Kelekian wear a mask when he checks on Vivian?
(a) She is in isolation.
(b) He forgot to take it off when he entered her room.
(c) He has a cold.
(d) She is in the operating room.

4. How many visitors has Vivian had since arriving at the hospital?
(a) Several.
(b) Enough to fill a lecture hall.
(c) Only a few.
(d) None.

5. What was Vivian's principal task during her time with Ashford?
(a) Alphabetizing index cards.
(b) Grading freshman essays.
(c) Organizing manuscripts.
(d) Responding to fan mail.

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

7. 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) Susie's outburst.
(c) Vivian's response to his exam.
(d) The fact that she is a professor he had as an undergraduate.

8. How long does each cycle take to complete?
(a) One month.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) One week.
(d) Two weeks.

9. How does Vivian treat words?
(a) With respect.
(b) As life-blood.
(c) As weapons.
(d) As friends.

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

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

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

13. What does Jason call Vivian's condition when he sees her at the beginning of Scene 8?
(a) “Road pizza.”
(b) “Attention-seeking.”
(c) “Shake and bake.”
(d) “Halfway to Heaven.”

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Vivian's first appointment in Scene 4?

2. When did Vivian lose her hair?

3. What about Vivian's condition does she think Donne would revel in?

4. What false name does Vivian give a technician?

5. In what class did Vivian write the paper she has to do over?

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