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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of the book Vivian published?
(a) Donne and Death: a Comprehensive Text.
(b) Death Be Not Proud.
(c) A Biography of John Donne.
(d) Made Cunningly.

2. Who presents Vivian's case during grand rounds?
(a) Susie.
(b) Jason.
(c) A doctor Vivian has never met.
(d) Kelekian.

3. Why does Vivian have to wait for her physical exam?
(a) She is early for her appointment.
(b) She wants to create suspense for the audience.
(c) Jason has to find Susie.
(d) Kelekian is with another patient.

4. When did Vivian lose her hair?
(a) It is still falling out.
(b) After the first cycle of chemotherapy.
(c) She shaved her head before she began chemotherapy.
(d) Between the fourth and fifth cycles of chemotherapy.

5. What level of fluids does Jason tell Vivian to push for each day?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 200.
(c) 300.
(d) 100.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the date of the sonnet Vivian recites when she imagines she is teaching?

2. What does Susie take with her when she leaves Vivian's room at the end of Scene 5?

3. What is the date of the poem Vivian recites after her ultrasound?

4. What is Vivian's only defense?

5. How does Jason describe clinicians?

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