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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question does Jason ask Vivian to check her mental status?
(a) “How are you feeling today?”
(b) “What day is it?”
(c) “Who is the President of the United States?”
(d) “Do you know where you are?”

2. What is the last line of the play?
(a) “And death shall be no more, Death thou shalt die.”
(b) “Oh, God.”
(c) “Perhaps life is witty after all.”
(d) “Time's up.”

3. How would Vivian tell her students to think of her situation?
(a) As a puzzle.
(b) As irony.
(c) As allusion.
(d) As wit.

4. What poem does Vivian quote in her final coherent lines of the play?
(a) Holy Sonnet Six.
(b) She Sleeps.
(c) The Day of Rain.
(d) Lady Lazarus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What will happen after the final treatment cycle?

2. How does Vivian respond when the student asks her for a favor?

3. How much does Vivian vomit in Scene 5?

4. What was Vivian doing when she decided to go into the hospital at the beginning of Scene 8?

5. How does Vivian react when Susie tells her the effect the medication will have on her?

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