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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 does Jason know Vivian's kidneys are functioning properly?
(a) He has no way of knowing for sure.
(b) He did an x-ray of her kidneys to check.
(c) Her intake and output levels are even.
(d) Her kidneys were removed prior to her treatment.

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

3. Who does Vivian say is the greatest wit?
(a) E. M. Ashford.
(b) John Donne.
(c) Herself.
(d) Susie.

4. Who convinces Vivian to go to her test when she imagines she is teaching?
(a) Jason.
(b) Susie.
(c) Ashford.
(d) Kelekian.

5. What does Jason say Vivian's class trained him for?
(a) Life.
(b) Lab research.
(c) Medical school.
(d) Clinicals.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Vivian guess is the reason the student asks a favor of her?

3. What does a technician hand Vivian when she imagines she is giving a lecture?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Vivian scared?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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