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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Vivian occupy herself while she waits for her physical exam?
(a) She imagines she is giving a lecture.
(b) She recites a sonnet by John Donne.
(c) She speculates how her career path would have gone if she had not gotten cancer.
(d) She sings.

2. How many cycles of treatment will Vivian undergo?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) As many as nedded.
(d) 8.

3. Who did Vivian study Donne under?
(a) Bearing.
(b) Posner.
(c) Ashford.
(d) Kelekian.

4. What does Ashford instruct Vivian to do?
(a) Go outside.
(b) Read it again.
(c) Do the paper over.
(d) Go back to the library.

5. What organ will be monitored during Vivian's treatment cycles?
(a) Liver.
(b) Heart.
(c) Lungs.
(d) Kidneys.

Short Answer Questions

1. What source does Gardner's translation use for the sonnets?

2. Why is Vivian's treatment aggressive?

3. What was Vivian's principal task during her time with Ashford?

4. What year dates Gardner's source materials?

5. How does Vivian understand the poem, as explained by Ashford?

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