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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the first doctor examine, when Price finally goes in?
(a) His white blood cell count.
(b) His reflexes.
(c) His hormones.
(d) His heart.

2. How was Price's will changing as he continued through therapy?
(a) He was full of blind desire to live at any cost.
(b) He was sure that he could bargain with God or the Fates or whoever was in charge of his illness.
(c) He was spending more and more time in total panic.
(d) He was praying and meditating to strengthen his resolve.

3. What did the test show was swollen?
(a) Price's brain.
(b) Price's spinal cord.
(c) Price's back muscles.
(d) The sheaths on Price's nerves.

4. Where was Price taken after surgery?
(a) Home.
(b) Intensive care.
(c) Back into surgery.
(d) To another hospital.

5. How does Price spend his time on returning home?
(a) Cleaning out his house.
(b) Listening to classical music.
(c) Having people over.
(d) Writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Reynolds Price begin to feel after the anesthesia wore off?

2. How did Price's radiologist describe the radiation therapy he would receive?

3. Which condition is NOT emblematic of Cushing's disease?

4. How did the radiologist describe the chance of paralysis?

5. What was Price able to move when he emerged from surgery?

(see the answer key)

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