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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. Which of the following is one of the “red herrings” Vivian experiences during chemotherapy?
(a) Liver poison.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Jaundice.
(d) Hypertension.

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

3. Who takes Vivian's medical history in Scene 4?
(a) Kelekian.
(b) Jason.
(c) Susie.
(d) A technician.

4. What does Vivian say about medical terms in comparison to the words of Donne?
(a) They are more clinical.
(b) They are less poetic.
(c) They are more weighty.
(d) They are less evocative.

5. What does Vivian say she is learning to do during her course of chemotherapy treatment?
(a) To sleep.
(b) To survive.
(c) To be patient.
(d) To suffer.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Scene 6 open?

2. How long would Scene 6 last if Vivian had written it?

3. What question does Vivian discuss in her opening monologue?

4. How old is Vivian when Scene 7 opens?

5. How long does Vivian say she is given to live?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Vivian's diagnosis so concerning?

4. What does Vivian like about grand rounds?

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

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

7. What is the standard greeting where Vivian is? What is her standard response?

8. How does Vivian say she would have preferred her play be cast? Why can it not be?

9. What is the irony of Vivian's hospitalization during her chemotherapy?

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

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