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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Dan establish himself?
(a) The spare bedroom.
(b) The master bedroom.
(c) The dining room.
(d) The basement.

2. What did Price learn to do in biofeedback?
(a) Breathe into his muscles.
(b) Isolate his muscle movements.
(c) Regulate his pH.
(d) Focus on particular parts of his body.

3. What was the result of Price's first visit with Patrick Louge?
(a) Painful side effects.
(b) Panic attacks.
(c) Nausea and dizziness.
(d) Relief and relaxation.

4. What does Price say his health was doing while he was writing the commissioned work?
(a) Declining.
(b) Improving.
(c) Remaining steady.
(d) Oscillating wildly.

5. What does Price say his outlook was like by April 1985?
(a) Still uncertain.
(b) Optimistic.
(c) Much improved.
(d) Despairing.

6. What had Price learned about pain, in biofeedback?
(a) Not to focus on his pain.
(b) To relax each muscle individually.
(c) To embrace the pain.
(d) To shut off his emotional reaction to his pain.

7. What did Price become aware of after biofeedback?
(a) Emotions.
(b) Nature.
(c) Scents and colors.
(d) Repressed memories.

8. What did Reynolds Price see Dr. Shuping for?
(a) A second opinion.
(b) Headaches.
(c) Medication for his pain.
(d) A stomach condition.

9. Who did Price see in Atlanta?
(a) Bob Dylan.
(b) Miles Davis.
(c) James Taylor.
(d) Charles Mingus.

10. How long after biofeedback and hypnosis was Price pain-free?
(a) Eight weeks.
(b) Eight months.
(c) Eight visits.
(d) A year.

11. How does Price characterize the pain he felt by the end of the semester?
(a) Beyond description.
(b) Overpowering.
(c) Humbling.
(d) Oppressive.

12. Who commissioned Price's work?
(a) A film company in California.
(b) A theatre company in New York.
(c) A college in Arkansas.
(d) A patron in Chicago.

13. What was Price able to do after Christmas 1985?
(a) Return to teaching.
(b) Drive.
(c) Remember short-term and long-term memories.
(d) Walk.

14. What did Daniel Voll have installed in the house?
(a) Video monitors.
(b) Grab bars.
(c) An elevator.
(d) Ramps.

15. What damage did the doctors find when they examined Price?
(a) His blood was getting too thin.
(b) He had been damaged in surgery.
(c) He had been losing muscle mass for years.
(d) He had broken his bones in a fall years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dr. Friedman give Price when the pains returned?

2. What did Dan convince Price to do?

3. What was the result of the surgery Price had in the fall?

4. What was the 'new demon' Price encountered after surgery?

5. Where does Daniel Voll live with Reynolds Price?

(see the answer keys)

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