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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who convinces Vivian to go to her test when she imagines she is teaching?
(a) Susie.
(b) Jason.
(c) Ashford.
(d) Kelekian.

3. What question does Jason ask Vivian to check her mental status?
(a) “Do you know where you are?”
(b) “How are you feeling today?”
(c) “What day is it?”
(d) “Who is the President of the United States?”

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

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

6. How do Jason and Kelekian feel about how Vivian's treatment has gone?
(a) They are not saying much about it.
(b) They are delighted.
(c) They are optimistic.
(d) They are concerned.

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

8. What does Vivian say she is supposed to think is a relief?
(a) Getting back to her room after the tests.
(b) Being finished with her treatment.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Being able to drink juice.

9. How does Jason describe cancer?
(a) Insidious.
(b) Puzzling.
(c) Draining.
(d) Awesome.

10. What does Vivian guess is the reason the student asks a favor of her?
(a) She is sucking up to Vivian.
(b) She truly wants to learn.
(c) Her previous mentor has retired.
(d) Her grandmother has died.

11. What course does Jason think is a colossal waste of time for researchers?
(a) Seventeenth-century poetry.
(b) End-of-life Ethics.
(c) Bedside manner.
(d) Clinicals that require patient interaction.

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

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

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

15. What is the date of the sonnet Vivian recites when she imagines she is teaching?
(a) 1604.
(b) 1603.
(c) 1611.
(d) 1609.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Vivian wander the stage at the end of Scene 12?

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the larger aspects Donne addresses in his sonnets?

3. How many cycles of treatment has Vivian endured after her ultrasound?

4. What effect does Vivian expect the medication to have on her?

5. What does a student ask Vivian for after a class?

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