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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What side effect of Vivian's medication trips up the fellows during grand rounds?

2. According to Gardner's translation, what separates life from life everlasting?

3. What about Vivian's condition does she think Donne would revel in?

4. What fruit is the same size as Vivian's tumor?

5. How does Vivian think her colleagues would honor her memory?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the two examples Vivian gives of being asked the standard greeting?

2. How does Vivian's father teach her the word “soporific?”

3. What does Vivian like about grand rounds?

4. Why is Vivian's diagnosis so concerning?

5. How does Vivian say she would have preferred her play be cast? Why can it not be?

6. When and how did Vivian discover words would be her life's work?

7. Why does Vivian appreciate Kelekian's thoroughness as he explains the situation to her?

8. What does Vivian think the process would be if she barfed her brains out?

9. What are three things Vivian think about while Kelekian is explaining her diagnosis?

10. Why is Ashford unhappy that Vivian used the translation of Donne that she did? Why does Ashford prefer Gardner's edition?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Vivian and Jason. How are they alike? How are they different? How does Edson use these similarities and differences to deepen the story?

Essay Topic 2

Define motif. Identify one motif used throughout Wit. How is this motif used throughout the play? How does this motif affect Vivian? How does this motif affect the overall story?

Essay Topic 3

Define climax. Identify the climax of the play. How do you know this is the climax of the story? What events led up to this moment? How does the rest of the story play out after the climax? Could any other moments be considered climactic? If so, which ones and how?

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