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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does a student ask Vivian for after a class?
(a) An extension on a deadline.
(b) Her mentorship.
(c) The definition of a word.
(d) An explanation of a particular line.

3. What does Susie offer to get for Vivian to comfort her?
(a) A dish of ice cream.
(b) Some juice.
(c) A cup of pudding.
(d) A Popsicle.

4. Who does Vivian say is the greatest wit?
(a) John Donne.
(b) Herself.
(c) E. M. Ashford.
(d) Susie.

5. How does Vivian describe the level of her sickness after her ultrasound?
(a) Ultimately sick.
(b) Overwhelmingly sick.
(c) Terminally sick.
(d) Understatedly sick.

6. What does Vivian say the reader of the sonnet wants to do to the speaker when she imagines she is teaching?
(a) Join him.
(b) Hide from him.
(c) Correct him.
(d) Condemn him.

7. How many cycles of treatment has Vivian endured after her ultrasound?
(a) Five.
(b) Six.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Eight.

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

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

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

11. What does Vivian apologize for before she is given more pain medication?
(a) The giddiness she will feel.
(b) Her swearing.
(c) Her incorrect interpretations of Donne sonnets that will result.
(d) The lack of coherence in the play that will result.

12. What does Susie want to discuss with Vivian?
(a) Her wishes about medical interventions.
(b) Whether or not she will continue with the next treatment cycle.
(c) Her preferences for transitional care.
(d) Who she would like to have claim her body.

13. Who asks Jason if he will miss people?
(a) Susie.
(b) His mother.
(c) Kelekian.
(d) Girls.

14. What time of day was it when Vivian got Susie to come in her room at the opening of Scene 13?
(a) The time of day is not given.
(b) Sometime before breakfast.
(c) Late at night.
(d) Around lunchtime.

15. What does Jason come in to Vivian's room to check at the beginning of Scene 11?
(a) Her I&O chart.
(b) Her vitals.
(c) Her breathing.
(d) Her medication.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Vivian react when Susie tells her the effect the medication will have on her?

2. How does Vivian react when she is told about what Susie and Jason are doing?

3. Who prescribed Vivian's morphine drip?

4. What does Jason check when he and Susie enter Vivian's room to insert a catheter?

5. What is Vivian's initial morphine dosage?

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