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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. Who closes Vivian's eyes after she is given her initial dose of morphine?
(a) Jason.
(b) Vivian.
(c) Susie.
(d) Kelekian.

2. What does Jason check when he and Susie enter Vivian's room to insert a catheter?
(a) Her vitals.
(b) Her pupils.
(c) Her I&O chart.
(d) Her hands.

3. Why does Jason want Susie to increase Vivian's hydration?
(a) To keep her kidneys from fading.
(b) To combat the effects of her chemotherapy.
(c) To ensure Vivian will get through her next treatment cycle.
(d) To keep her conscious.

4. What does Jason say the Holy Sonnets are about?
(a) Damnation.
(b) Salvation anxiety.
(c) The search for God.
(d) The necessity of faith.

5. How does Vivian get Susie to come into her room?
(a) She presses the call button.
(b) She coughs.
(c) She moans in pain.
(d) She pinches her IV tubing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Jason and Kelekian feel about how Vivian's treatment has gone?

2. How is Vivian's medication administered?

3. How does Vivian react to the morphine as it takes effect?

4. Which of the Holy Sonnets does Vivian recite when she imagines she is teaching?

5. What phrase does Jason use to explain the constant growth of cancer cells?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the parallel between Vivian and Jason's careers?

2. Why does Vivian make her bed alarm go off in the middle of the night?

3. Why does Vivian shut her own eyelids and cross her arms over her chest?

4. What is Salvation Anxiety?

5. What is the joke that makes Vivian laugh when Susie gives her morphine?

6. What is the irony in Vivian's desire for personal contact with Jason?

7. What is the significance of Vivian noting to Susie that she is a teacher after they share a laugh?

8. Why does Vivian use the word “soporific” when she asks about the effect of the morphine?

9. Does Donne ever understand his Salvation Anxiety? Why or why not?

10. What is Vivian trying to think of when she reminisces about her interactions with students?

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