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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 say the reader of the sonnet wants to do to the speaker when she imagines she is teaching?
(a) Join him.
(b) Hide from him.
(c) Condemn him.
(d) Correct him.

2. What does Jason come in to Vivian's room to check at the beginning of Scene 11?
(a) Her medication.
(b) Her I&O chart.
(c) Her breathing.
(d) Her vitals.

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

4. What does Vivian overhear two students mocking after a class?
(a) Her pronunciation.
(b) Her clothing.
(c) Her accent.
(d) Her use of a pointer.

5. What does Vivian compare herself to when she says she wants to explain but is unable?
(a) A Donne sonnet.
(b) A toddler.
(c) A bird.
(d) A student.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Vivian apologize for before she is given more pain medication?

3. Why does Jason want Susie to increase Vivian's hydration?

4. How does Jason describe cancer?

5. What is the date of the poem Vivian recites after her ultrasound?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Vivian recite the sonnet beginning “This is my playes last scene?”

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

3. How does Vivian compare a true believer with the speaker of the sonnet?

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

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

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

7. Why does Vivian tell the audience that “now is the time for kindness?”

8. Why does Vivian allow Susie to call her “sweetheart?”

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

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

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