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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Vivian give for her explanation?
(a) She once had someone explain it to her.
(b) She does not want Susie to feel ignored.
(c) She wants Susie to understand why she makes the decisions she does.
(d) She is a teacher.

2. What word does Vivian define for Susie?
(a) Somneriferous.
(b) Soporific.
(c) Slumberous.
(d) Somnolent.

3. How does Susie react when Vivian explains her reaction?
(a) She offers her some juice.
(b) She giggles.
(c) She gives her a hug.
(d) She cries with her.

4. What does Jason want to give Vivian to keep her hydrated?
(a) Dextrose.
(b) A Popsicle.
(c) Saline.
(d) Water.

5. What is Vivian's initial morphine dosage?
(a) Ten an hour.
(b) Ten every half hour.
(c) As much as she feels she needs.
(d) Five an hour.

6. What does Jason check when he and Susie enter Vivian's room to insert a catheter?
(a) Her I&O chart.
(b) Her hands.
(c) Her vitals.
(d) Her pupils.

7. What does one student say Donne is hiding behind in his sonnets?
(a) Wit.
(b) God.
(c) Sin.
(d) Vernacular.

8. What does a technician hand Vivian when she imagines she is giving a lecture?
(a) A book.
(b) A pointer.
(c) Her glasses.
(d) A sheaf of papers.

9. What will Jason and Kelekian's journal article be about?
(a) The effects of Hexamethophosphacil and Vinplatin.
(b) Vivian's lungs.
(c) Vivian.
(d) Vivian's ovaries.

10. What is the last thing Vivian says to the audience?
(a) “Good night.”
(b) “I want to go home.”
(c) “I'm just so tired.”
(d) “I'm sorry.”

11. What is the date of the poem Vivian recites after her ultrasound?
(a) 1609.
(b) 1610.
(c) 1608.
(d) 1611.

12. Vivian says, “What we have come to think of as me is, in fact, just the ____.”
(a) Adjective.
(b) Dressing.
(c) Specimen jar.
(d) Research.

13. Who closes Vivian's eyes after she is given her initial dose of morphine?
(a) Susie.
(b) Vivian.
(c) Kelekian.
(d) Jason.

14. What does Vivian compare herself to when she says she wants to explain but is unable?
(a) A Donne sonnet.
(b) A bird.
(c) A student.
(d) A toddler.

15. What type of student usually asks the question Vivian is asked every year?
(a) One of the students who ends up working as a teaching assistant.
(b) One of the students taking the class as an elective.
(c) One of the smart ones.
(d) One of the non-traditional students.

Short Answer Questions

1. What course does Jason think is a colossal waste of time for researchers?

2. Who prescribed Vivian's morphine drip?

3. What does Jason say the Holy Sonnets are about?

4. What does Susie want to discuss with Vivian?

5. What does “it” signify when Vivian explains the need for aggressive pain management?

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