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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 does Vivian apologize for before she is given more pain medication?
(a) The lack of coherence in the play that will result.
(b) The giddiness she will feel.
(c) Her incorrect interpretations of Donne sonnets that will result.
(d) Her swearing.

2. What does Jason want to give Vivian to keep her hydrated?
(a) Saline.
(b) A Popsicle.
(c) Water.
(d) Dextrose.

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

4. What flavor of treat does Susie bring to Vivian?
(a) Apple.
(b) Orange.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Strawberry.

5. What does a technician hand Vivian when she imagines she is giving a lecture?
(a) A book.
(b) A pointer.
(c) Her glasses.
(d) A sheaf of papers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Susie offer to get for Vivian to comfort her?

2. What question does Vivian ask about a sonnet in a flashback of her student interactions?

3. What is the date of the sonnet Vivian recites when she imagines she is teaching?

4. What test does Vivian have to have done when she is interrupted while she imagines she is teaching?

5. How does Vivian get Susie to come into her room?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Vivian's pain management have an effect on the play?

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

3. Why is Vivian given a morphine drip instead of patient-controlled analgesic?

4. Why is Vivian unable to explain to the audience what she is going through before she receives morphine?

5. Why is Vivian so upset at her imaginary lecture being interrupted by Susie?

6. What two options did Vivian have when a student's comment contained an insightful seed? What were the possible consequences of each?

7. Why is it significant that someone always asked Vivian why Donne made his sonnets so complicated?

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

9. What is the significance of Vivian surviving eight cycles of chemotherapy at the full dosage?

10. Explain Vivian's reaction to hearing two students mock her after class.

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