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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the larger aspects Donne addresses in his sonnets?
(a) Life.
(b) Love.
(c) Death.
(d) God.

3. What is the date of the sonnet Vivian recites when she imagines she is teaching?
(a) 1609.
(b) 1603.
(c) 1611.
(d) 1604.

4. How does Vivian get Susie to come into her room?
(a) She presses the call button.
(b) She pinches her IV tubing.
(c) She moans in pain.
(d) She coughs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vivian say she is learning to do during her course of chemotherapy treatment?

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

3. What does Susie tell Vivian about her cancer?

4. Who interrupts Vivian's lecture when she imagines she is teaching?

5. What does Susie want to discuss with Vivian?

(see the answer key)

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