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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vivian say she is learning to do during her course of chemotherapy treatment?
(a) To sleep.
(b) To suffer.
(c) To survive.
(d) To be patient.

2. How does Vivian treat words?
(a) As life-blood.
(b) As weapons.
(c) With respect.
(d) As friends.

3. What example does Vivian's father give her to help her understand the definition of the word she struggles with?
(a) Vivian's mother's flower-bed.
(b) Deer ticks.
(c) His Victorian Era settee.
(d) Boring dinner conversation.

4. How does Vivian understand the poem, as explained by Ashford?
(a) Wit.
(b) Truth.
(c) A puzzle.
(d) Uncompromising.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What author does Vivian quote at the end of Scene 1?

2. How would Vivian tell her students to think of her situation?

3. What literary device does Vivian reference in her opening monologue?

4. What stage is Vivian's cancer in?

5. What causes Jason to lose his composure at the end of Vivian's physical exam?

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