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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was Vivian doing when she decided to go into the hospital at the beginning of Scene 8?
(a) Driving.
(b) Grading essays.
(c) Reading at home.
(d) Baking cookies.

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

5. What word does Vivian struggle with as she reads on her birthday?
(a) Soporific.
(b) Vintage.
(c) Sanguine.
(d) Crocuses.

6. What example does Vivian's father give her to help her understand the definition of the word she struggles with?
(a) Boring dinner conversation.
(b) Vivian's mother's flower-bed.
(c) Deer ticks.
(d) His Victorian Era settee.

7. When does Scene 6 open?
(a) Thursday afternoon.
(b) Saturday evening.
(c) Friday morning.
(d) Monday morning.

8. What is Vivian's second appointment in Scene 4?
(a) Physical exam.
(b) GI series.
(c) Blood work.
(d) Chest x-ray.

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

10. What does Susie take with her when she leaves Vivian's room at the end of Scene 5?
(a) Vivian's hospital bed.
(b) The wheelchair.
(c) Vivian's washbasin.
(d) The IV.

11. How long does each cycle take to complete?
(a) One week.
(b) One month.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Three weeks.

12. What is the definition of the word Vivian struggles with as she reads on her birthday?
(a) A type of flower.
(b) Aged.
(c) Having the properties of blood.
(d) Makes you sleepy.

13. What is Vivian's first appointment in Scene 4?
(a) Blood work.
(b) Physical exam.
(c) Chest x-ray.
(d) GI series.

14. Who published Vivian's dissertation?
(a) The University Press.
(b) Critical Discourse.
(c) The Scholarly Journal of Literature.
(d) The Journal of English Texts.

15. How does Vivian understand the poem, as explained by Ashford?
(a) Uncompromising.
(b) Wit.
(c) A puzzle.
(d) Truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vivian consider her life's work?

2. How many visitors has Vivian had since arriving at the hospital?

3. What does Susie give Vivian to drink at the beginning of Scene 8?

4. What causes Jason to lose his composure at the end of Vivian's physical exam?

5. How does Vivian connect her new word with the story she is reading?

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