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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who closes Vivian's eyes after she is given her initial dose of morphine?

2. Who asks Jason if he will miss people?

3. How does Vivian say she likes the poem she recites after her ultrasound?

4. What does Vivian overhear two students mocking after a class?

5. Why does Vivian wander the stage at the end of Scene 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jason simplify the explanation of Vivian's kidney function?

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

3. Why is Vivian given a morphine drip instead of patient-controlled analgesic?

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

5. What is the significance of Vivian noting to Susie that she is a teacher after they share a laugh?

6. Why does Vivian's pain management have an effect on the play?

7. Why is it significant that someone always asked Vivian why Donne made his sonnets so complicated?

8. Why does Vivian feel her recitation of Donne is “wrong” in her last coherent lines?

9. What is Salvation Anxiety?

10. Why does Vivian allow Susie to call her “sweetheart?”

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Susie and Jason. How are they alike? How are they different? Explain each of their relationships with Vivian.

Essay Topic 2

Define conflict. Identify each type of conflict and give at least one example of each from Wit. How do each of these conflicts resolve by the end of the play?

Essay Topic 3

Define mood. What is the overall mood of Wit? How does Edson create this mood? Are there any mood shifts throughout the play? If so, how and when do those shifts occur?

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