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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 long did Vivian study with Ashford?
(a) Until she completed her Ph.D.
(b) Six years.
(c) Three years.
(d) One year.
2. Where will Vivian stay during each cycle of treatment?
(a) At a friend's home.
(b) At her home.
(c) At the hospital.
(d) At a hotel near the hospital.
3. How long would Scene 6 last if Vivian had written it?
(a) Ten minutes.
(b) Fifteen minutes.
(c) It would be endless.
(d) An hour and a half.
4. What trait do Vivian and Kelekian emphasize with their students?
(a) Skepticism.
(b) Inquiry.
(c) Thoroughness.
(d) Brevity.
5. What does Vivian say she is learning to do during her course of chemotherapy treatment?
(a) To suffer.
(b) To survive.
(c) To sleep.
(d) To be patient.
Short Answer Questions
1. What will happen after the final treatment cycle?
2. Which of the following is one of the “red herrings” Vivian experiences during chemotherapy?
3. What does Ashford instruct Vivian to do?
4. What translation should Vivian have used?
5. What does Susie take with her when she leaves Vivian's room at the end of Scene 5?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the standard greeting where Vivian is? What is her standard response?
2. Explain the cycle of Vivian's chemotherapy treatments as it relates to her overall feeling.
3. How does Vivian's father teach her the word “soporific?”
4. Why is Ashford unhappy that Vivian used the translation of Donne that she did? Why does Ashford prefer Gardner's edition?
5. What does Vivian say the audience will see in “this dramatic structure?” What does Vivian want to document?
6. What are the two examples Vivian gives of being asked the standard greeting?
7. Why is Vivian's diagnosis so concerning?
8. Give two reasons Vivian looks up medical terms she does not know?
9. What is the truth that Ashford refers to in her explanation of Donne's sonnet?
10. Why does Vivian recite Donne's Holy Sonnet Six while she is waiting for Jason to examine her?
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