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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What literary device does Vivian reference in her opening monologue?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Exposition.
(c) Irony.
(d) Alliteration.

2. What question is Vivian asked every year by a student?
(a) Why does Donne make everything so complicated?
(b) Why are the sonnets “holy?”
(c) Why are the sonnets “holy?”
(d) Where did Donne come up with his ideas?

3. What about Vivian's condition does she think Donne would revel in?
(a) The paradox of it.
(b) Her vulnerability.
(c) The closeness to death.
(d) The possibility for a sonnet.

4. What does Jason have to survive in order to begin his research?
(a) A year of working in his father's clinic.
(b) His final exam.
(c) His fellowship.
(d) His fourth year of classes.

5. How does Jason describe clinicians?
(a) As stuff-shirts.
(b) As amoebas.
(c) As troglodytes.
(d) As rats.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vivian describe as “mildly uncomfortable” in Scene 5?

2. What turn does Vivian's vocabulary take in Scene 5?

3. What is the problem with the translation Vivian used?

4. Why does Vivian ring the bell after she vomits?

5. What does a student ask Vivian for after a class?

(see the answer key)

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