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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Reynolds Price offered in November?
(a) A commission to write a play.
(b) A commission for an advertising job.
(c) A commission for a memoir.
(d) A commission for a political commentary.

2. What was the subject Price wrote about for his commission?
(a) A love affair.
(b) A dying professor.
(c) A gay man coming out.
(d) A woman realizing she has been deceived by her lover.

3. What does Price say Daniel Voll would do 'happily' for him and his visitors?
(a) Cook.
(b) Shopping and errands.
(c) Leave them in peace.
(d) Read and edit works.

4. Who was Eric Rector?
(a) Price's teaching assistant.
(b) Price's living assistant.
(c) Price's physical therapist.
(d) Price's doctor.

5. What did Dan convince Price to do?
(a) Buy a van with hand controls.
(b) Visit his family.
(c) Travel more.
(d) Write about his old memories.

6. What does Price say he was taking for pain?
(a) Oxycontin.
(b) Morphine.
(c) Tylenol.
(d) Ibuprofen.

7. What did Dr. Friedman give Price when the pains returned?
(a) A sedative.
(b) A stimulant.
(c) Morphine.
(d) An antidepressant.

8. What put Price back in the hospital?
(a) Leaking spinal fluid.
(b) Paralysis.
(c) Seizures.
(d) Panic attacks.

9. Whose lives does Price say he based his commissioned work on?
(a) His own.
(b) His children.
(c) His parents.
(d) His students'.

10. What did Patrick Louge teach Price?
(a) Self-hypnosis.
(b) Nutrition.
(c) Spiritual practices.
(d) Stretching exercises.

11. What was the effect of the new demon in Price's experience?
(a) Panic attacks.
(b) Hallucinations.
(c) Nausea.
(d) Blindness.

12. What was different about Daniel Voll's visit, when he returned to see Price?
(a) Price was more grateful for what Dan had experienced with him.
(b) Price was more remote on account of his pain.
(c) Price was resentful to think of the conditions Dan had seen him in.
(d) Price was more in control of his pain.

13. For how long does Price say he was addicted to his pain medication?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Six months.
(c) Two years.
(d) Two months.

14. What happened to the offer the Andersons made?
(a) They started construction, but then had a falling out.
(b) They paid his bills down to the point where he wasn't terrified all the time.
(c) Someone else came through with a better offer for him.
(d) The plan did not work out.

15. What kinds of subjects does Price say he steered his students toward?
(a) Intensely literary works.
(b) Highly-stylized works.
(c) Real emotions.
(d) Science fiction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Price's doctor recommend?

2. Who did Price see in Atlanta?

3. What strength does Price say he gained as a result of physical therapy?

4. What did Price decide to do?

5. What was Price able to do after Christmas 1985?

(see the answer keys)

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