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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. How much does Vivian vomit in Scene 5?
(a) Several ounces.
(b) 300 cc's.
(c) "Less than it feels like."
(d) A "bucketload."
2. What food does Susie offer Vivian?
(a) A Popsicle.
(b) Jell-O.
(c) Soup.
(d) A slushie.
3. How many visitors has Vivian had since arriving at the hospital?
(a) Enough to fill a lecture hall.
(b) Several.
(c) Only a few.
(d) None.
4. What sonnet is Vivian's paper about that must be done over?
(a) Holy Sonnet Five.
(b) Holy Sonnet Ten.
(c) Holy Sonnet Six.
(d) Lady Lazarus.
5. Where will Vivian stay during each cycle of treatment?
(a) At a hotel near the hospital.
(b) At the hospital.
(c) At her home.
(d) At a friend's home.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Vivian wearing as the play begins?
2. How does Vivian handle unfamiliar medical terms?
3. According to Gardner's translation, what separates life from life everlasting?
4. What book does Vivian choose to read on her birthday?
5. What is the definition of the word Vivian struggles with as she reads on her birthday?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Vivian say she would have preferred her play be cast? Why can it not be?
2. What is the standard greeting where Vivian is? What is her standard response?
3. Why does Vivian explain her career while the technicians perform their tests?
4. What are the two examples Vivian gives of being asked the standard greeting?
5. Why does Vivian recite Donne's Holy Sonnet Six while she is waiting for Jason to examine her?
6. What is the truth that Ashford refers to in her explanation of Donne's sonnet?
7. Give two reasons Vivian looks up medical terms she does not know?
8. How does Vivian's father teach her the word “soporific?”
9. What does Vivian say the audience will see in “this dramatic structure?” What does Vivian want to document?
10. What does Vivian like about grand rounds?
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