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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. What stage is Vivian's cancer in?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

2. What sonnet is Vivian's paper about that must be done over?
(a) Lady Lazarus.
(b) Holy Sonnet Five.
(c) Holy Sonnet Ten.
(d) Holy Sonnet Six.

3. What percentage of the chemotherapy dose does Vivian have to take?
(a) 25%.
(b) 100%.
(c) It will vary based on the cycle number.
(d) 85%.

4. When does Scene 6 open?
(a) Thursday afternoon.
(b) Monday morning.
(c) Friday morning.
(d) Saturday evening.

5. What kind of cancer does Vivian have?
(a) Bone.
(b) Breast.
(c) Ovarian.
(d) Lung.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Vivian's first appointment in Scene 4?

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

3. What does Susie give Vivian to drink at the beginning of Scene 8?

4. What literary device does Vivian reference in her opening monologue?

5. What will happen after the final treatment cycle?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the two examples Vivian gives of being asked the standard greeting?

3. What is the truth that Ashford refers to in her explanation of Donne's sonnet?

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

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

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

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

8. Why does Jason not want to lower Vivian's dose of chemotherapy?

9. Why does Susie note that Vivian has not had many visitors? How does Vivian react?

10. How does Ashford describe Vivian's essay?

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