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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 does Vivian do after meeting with Ashford?

2. Why does Vivian have to wait for her physical exam?

3. What kind of cancer does Vivian have?

4. How does Vivian handle unfamiliar medical terms?

5. What does Vivian say about medical terms in comparison to the words of Donne?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Susie note that Vivian has not had many visitors? How does Vivian react?

4. What is the standard greeting where Vivian is? What is her standard response?

5. Why does Jason not want to lower Vivian's dose of chemotherapy?

6. Why does Jason suddenly stop as he is talking about Vivian during the examination?

7. Describe Vivian as she appears at the opening of the play.

8. How does Vivian foreshadow, or hint at, her fever prior to Scene 8?

9. Why is Vivian's diagnosis so concerning?

10. How does Vivian describe the introduction her colleagues would write?

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 conflict. Identify each type of conflict and give at least one example of each from Wit. How do each of these conflicts resolve by the end of the play?

Essay Topic 3

Define irony. Give at least two examples of irony in Wit. What types of irony are each of these examples? How do you know these instances are ironic? What do these instances of irony do to the story?

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