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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does Vivian vomit in Scene 5?
(a) A "bucketload."
(b) 300 cc's.
(c) "Less than it feels like."
(d) Several ounces.

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

3. Who does Vivian ask Susie to call for her when Susie offers?
(a) No one.
(b) One of her students.
(c) Mr. Bearing.
(d) Ashford.

4. What is the title of the book Vivian published?
(a) Death Be Not Proud.
(b) Made Cunningly.
(c) Donne and Death: a Comprehensive Text.
(d) A Biography of John Donne.

5. What does Vivian say she is learning to do during her course of chemotherapy treatment?
(a) To survive.
(b) To be patient.
(c) To suffer.
(d) To sleep.

6. Why does Vivian go into the hospital at the beginning of Scene 8?
(a) She was in a car accident.
(b) She wants to say hello to Susie.
(c) She is scheduled for her fifth cycle of chemotherapy.
(d) She has a fever.

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

8. Why does Kelekian wear a mask when he checks on Vivian?
(a) He has a cold.
(b) She is in the operating room.
(c) She is in isolation.
(d) He forgot to take it off when he entered her room.

9. How does Vivian handle unfamiliar medical terms?
(a) She analyzes them by breaking them down.
(b) She looks them up.
(c) She pretends she understands.
(d) She asks Susie.

10. Vivian says she wants to know what the doctors mean when they ______.
(a) Anatomize her.
(b) Figuratively dissect her.
(c) Talk over her.
(d) Treat her.

11. How many nightgowns does Vivian say she wears all day?
(a) Two.
(b) One, as well as a bathrobe.
(c) One less than is comfortable.
(d) One.

12. What side effect of Vivian's medication trips up the fellows during grand rounds?
(a) Hair loss.
(b) Psychological depression.
(c) Nausea and vomiting.
(d) Fatigue.

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

14. How many cycles of treatment will Vivian undergo?
(a) 4.
(b) As many as nedded.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long would Scene 6 last if Vivian had written it?

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

3. What overwhelms the meaning of the sonnet in the translation Vivian used?

4. Which of the following is one of the “red herrings” Vivian experiences during chemotherapy?

5. What year dates Gardner's source materials?

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