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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 does Vivian connect her new word with the story she is reading?
(a) The illustration.
(b) The example her father gives her.
(c) When her teacher uses the word in class the next day.
(d) A dictionary her father gives her.

2. How long does Vivian say she is given to live?
(a) Two months.
(b) Two hours.
(c) Several weeks.
(d) Six months.

3. What about Vivian's condition does she think Donne would revel in?
(a) The closeness to death.
(b) Her vulnerability.
(c) The paradox of it.
(d) The possibility for a sonnet.

4. How does Vivian think her colleagues would honor her memory?
(a) A collection of their essays on John Donne.
(b) A portrait in the hall of the department.
(c) A collection of her essays on John Donne.
(d) A memorial service during which they read the Holy Sonnets.

5. How long does Vivian say the attention of chemotherapy was flattering?
(a) Five minutes.
(b) One hour.
(c) Three seconds.
(d) A cycle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How would Vivian tell her students to think of her situation?

3. Why does Vivian ring the bell after she vomits?

4. What is Vivian wearing as the play begins?

5. Who is Kelekian?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ashford describe Vivian's essay?

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

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

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

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

6. How does Vivian's father teach her the word “soporific?”

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

8. When and how did Vivian discover words would be her life's work?

9. Why is Vivian's diagnosis so concerning?

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

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