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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 fruit is the same size as Vivian's tumor?
(a) Kiwi.
(b) Apple.
(c) Lemon.
(d) Grapefruit.
2. What is the problem with the translation Vivian used?
(a) It was renounced by scholars.
(b) The meter.
(c) The punctuation.
(d) The adjectives are missing.
3. What is Vivian's second appointment in Scene 4?
(a) Physical exam.
(b) Blood work.
(c) Chest x-ray.
(d) GI series.
4. What is Vivian's only defense?
(a) The acquisition of vocabulary.
(b) Donne.
(c) Demanding the doctors explain things on her level.
(d) The use of her extensive vocabulary.
5. What sonnet is Vivian's paper about that must be done over?
(a) Holy Sonnet Ten.
(b) Holy Sonnet Five.
(c) Holy Sonnet Six.
(d) Lady Lazarus.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was Vivian doing when she decided to go into the hospital at the beginning of Scene 8?
2. What word does Kelekian use to refer to Vivian's cancer?
3. How does Vivian get to the hospital at the beginning of Scene 8?
4. What overwhelms the meaning of the sonnet in the translation Vivian used?
5. What does Vivian want to document to the audience before grand rounds?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Ashford unhappy that Vivian used the translation of Donne that she did? Why does Ashford prefer Gardner's edition?
2. Why does Vivian appreciate Kelekian's thoroughness as he explains the situation to her?
3. What does Vivian say the audience will see in “this dramatic structure?” What does Vivian want to document?
4. Why does Jason not want to lower Vivian's dose of chemotherapy?
5. What does Vivian like about grand rounds?
6. What are three things Vivian think about while Kelekian is explaining her diagnosis?
7. What is the irony of Vivian's hospitalization during her chemotherapy?
8. Describe Vivian as she appears at the opening of the play.
9. When and how did Vivian discover words would be her life's work?
10. How does Vivian describe the introduction her colleagues would write?
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