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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vivian say she actually thinks would be a relief?
(a) Being at home.
(b) Being a cheerleader on Spring Break.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Being in her classroom.

2. What does Jason say Donne makes Shakespeare sound like?
(a) A children's song.
(b) Dr. Seuss.
(c) A Hallmark card.
(d) The alphabet.

3. What is the date of the poem Vivian recites after her ultrasound?
(a) 1609.
(b) 1608.
(c) 1611.
(d) 1610.

4. How does Jason describe cancer?
(a) Awesome.
(b) Puzzling.
(c) Draining.
(d) Insidious.

5. How does Vivian react when she is told about what Susie and Jason are doing?
(a) She refuses the procedure.
(b) She cries.
(c) She does not react.
(d) She agrees to the procedure.

Short Answer Questions

1. What phrase does Jason use to explain the constant growth of cancer cells?

2. How does Vivian get Susie to come into her room?

3. What is Susie glad Vivian did when she gives Vivian the morphine?

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

5. What test does Vivian have to have done when she is interrupted while she imagines she is teaching?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Vivian think of herself as “just the specimen jar?”

2. What is Salvation Anxiety?

3. Why is Vivian scared?

4. Why does Vivian recite the sonnet beginning “This is my playes last scene?”

5. What is the joke that makes Vivian laugh when Susie gives her morphine?

6. Does Donne ever understand his Salvation Anxiety? Why or why not?

7. What is Vivian trying to think of when she reminisces about her interactions with students?

8. What is the parallel between Vivian and Jason's careers?

9. Why does Vivian tell the audience that “now is the time for kindness?”

10. How do Jason and Susie's views of Vivian compare and contrast?

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