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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Reynolds Price's job at the beginning of the memoir?
(a) University dean.
(b) Literary critic.
(c) University professor.
(d) Editor.

2. What did Reynolds Price's dying friend tell him?
(a) What dying is like.
(b) That he was undergoing a transformation that may or may not involve dying.
(c) That he would not die.
(d) That he was definitely dying.

3. Which condition is NOT emblematic of Cushing's disease?
(a) Terrible mood swings.
(b) Baldness.
(c) Huge appetite.
(d) Oddly swollen face.

4. What did Price's body fail to do when his brain told him to do it?
(a) Focus on a book.
(b) Stand up.
(c) Run.
(d) Write a letter.

5. 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 spending more and more time in total panic.
(c) He was praying and meditating to strengthen his resolve.
(d) He was sure that he could bargain with God or the Fates or whoever was in charge of his illness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Price's friend from Florida make sure Price had?

2. What does the first doctor examine, when Price finally goes in?

3. How long was Reynolds Price in surgery?

4. What work was Price waiting to resume while he was in radiation therapy?

5. Who drove Price back and forth for radiation sessions?

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