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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who presents Vivian's case during grand rounds?
(a) Susie.
(b) A doctor Vivian has never met.
(c) Jason.
(d) Kelekian.

2. What causes Jason to lose his composure at the end of Vivian's physical exam?
(a) The fact that she is a professor he had as an undergraduate.
(b) Vivian's response to his exam.
(c) The size of the mass in Vivian's body.
(d) Susie's outburst.

3. What was Vivian doing when she decided to go into the hospital at the beginning of Scene 8?
(a) Baking cookies.
(b) Grading essays.
(c) Driving.
(d) Reading at home.

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

5. What does Vivian describe as “mildly uncomfortable” in Scene 5?
(a) An electrocardiogram.
(b) The first two days of a treatment cycle.
(c) A chest x-ray.
(d) A proctosigmoidoscopy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vivian say about medical terms in comparison to the words of Donne?

2. What is the title of the book Vivian published?

3. What sonnet is Vivian's paper about that must be done over?

4. What trait do Vivian and Kelekian emphasize with their students?

5. What word does Vivian struggle with as she reads on her birthday?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Vivian as she appears at the opening of the play.

2. Why does Vivian recite Donne's Holy Sonnet Six while she is waiting for Jason to examine her?

3. How does Vivian foreshadow, or hint at, her fever prior to Scene 8?

4. Why does Vivian appreciate Kelekian's thoroughness as he explains the situation to her?

5. Why is Vivian's diagnosis so concerning?

6. Give two reasons Vivian looks up medical terms she does not know?

7. How does Vivian link what she learned in The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and her career work in Donne?

8. What does Vivian think the process would be if she barfed her brains out?

9. What does Vivian like about grand rounds?

10. How does Vivian describe the introduction her colleagues would write?

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