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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 many cycles of treatment has Vivian endured after her ultrasound?
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Eight.
(d) Eleven.

2. What does Vivian say she is supposed to think is a relief?
(a) Being finished with her treatment.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Getting back to her room after the tests.
(d) Being able to drink juice.

3. What does one student say Donne is hiding behind in his sonnets?
(a) Vernacular.
(b) Wit.
(c) Sin.
(d) God.

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

5. What does Susie offer to get for Vivian to comfort her?
(a) A Popsicle.
(b) A dish of ice cream.
(c) Some juice.
(d) A cup of pudding.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Vivian say she likes the poem she recites after her ultrasound?

2. What does Vivian say is the trouble when she breaks down in tears?

3. What course does Jason think is a colossal waste of time for researchers?

4. Who closes Vivian's eyes after she is given her initial dose of morphine?

5. What question does Vivian ask Jason when he visits her room in Scene 11?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Vivian feel her recitation of Donne is “wrong” in her last coherent lines?

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

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

7. Why does Vivian think of herself as “just the specimen jar?”

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

9. How do Jason and Susie's views of Vivian compare and contrast?

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

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