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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. How does Jason describe Vivian's seventeenth-century poetry course?

2. How does Susie react when Vivian explains her reaction?

3. How many cycles of treatment has Vivian endured after her ultrasound?

4. What is the last thing Vivian says to the audience?

5. What test does Vivian have to have done when she is interrupted while she imagines she is teaching?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Vivian's pain management have an effect on the play?

4. Why is Vivian scared?

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

6. Why does Jason simplify the explanation of Vivian's kidney function?

7. What is Salvation Anxiety?

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

9. What is the significance of Vivian noting to Susie that she is a teacher after they share a laugh?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define epiphany. Give at least one example of an epiphany in Wit. What lead to this epiphany? What is the aftermath of this epiphany? How does this epiphany change the character?

Essay Topic 2

Define characterization. Give at least one example of each type of characterization used in Wit to describe Vivian. Write a brief character biography of Vivian.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the title of the play. What is wit? How is it used in literature? Whose wit is being referred to by the title of the play? What role does wit have throughout the play?

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