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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Vivian's only defense?
(a) The acquisition of vocabulary.
(b) Donne.
(c) Demanding the doctors explain things on her level.
(d) The use of her extensive vocabulary.

2. What kind of cancer does Vivian have?
(a) Breast.
(b) Lung.
(c) Ovarian.
(d) Bone.

3. What room number is Vivian in when Jason calls a code?
(a) 1611.
(b) 707.
(c) 4575.
(d) 139.

4. Why does Jason say Vivian is not given patient-controlled medication?
(a) She has earned a rest.
(b) She is too weak to be able to push the button for the medication.
(c) She does not want control over her medication dosing.
(d) She will not know when she has had enough.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Vivian wearing as the play begins?

2. What does Vivian say the reader of the sonnet wants to do to the speaker when she imagines she is teaching?

3. What does Susie rub on Vivian's hands?

4. How does the scene end when Vivian gets morphine?

5. What does Vivian say she is supposed to think is a relief?

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