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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vivian want to document to the audience before grand rounds?
(a) The times between the dramatic climaxes.
(b) The strange quietness of hospital rooms.
(c) Her loss of hair.
(d) The loneliness that exists during cancer.

2. What does Vivian consider her life's work?
(a) Education.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Donne.
(d) Words.

3. What does Vivian describe as “mildly uncomfortable” in Scene 5?
(a) An electrocardiogram.
(b) A proctosigmoidoscopy.
(c) A chest x-ray.
(d) The first two days of a treatment cycle.

4. How long would Scene 6 last if Vivian had written it?
(a) An hour and a half.
(b) It would be endless.
(c) Fifteen minutes.
(d) Ten minutes.

5. What fruit is the same size as Vivian's tumor?
(a) Lemon.
(b) Apple.
(c) Grapefruit.
(d) Kiwi.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What course does Jason think is a colossal waste of time for researchers?

3. What literary term does Ashford use to describe the story she reads to Vivian?

4. How does Vivian say some would describe her in everything she has done?

5. What did a lot of the students think of Vivian, according to Jason?

(see the answer key)

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