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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Price visit after David Lang became his assistant?
(a) Chicago.
(b) London.
(c) New York.
(d) California.

2. What does Price say accompanied his pains, now?
(a) Existential dread.
(b) Seizures.
(c) Nausea and malaise.
(d) Numbness.

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

4. What did two new MRIs indicate about Price's tumor?
(a) It was completely gone.
(b) It was starting to grow again.
(c) It had not returned.
(d) It had spread.

5. What did Reynolds Price find when he finally went to the hospital?
(a) He had damaged his vertebrae.
(b) His immune system was malfunctioning.
(c) He had become diabetic.
(d) He had injured his nerves.

6. What did Price's doctor recommend?
(a) Chemotherapy.
(b) Surgery.
(c) No action.
(d) Radiation therapy.

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

8. What award did Kate Vaiden win?
(a) The Nobel prize.
(b) The Pulitzer.
(c) The Newbury Medal.
(d) The National Book Critics Circle.

9. What strength does Price say he gained as a result of physical therapy?
(a) Back muscle strength.
(b) Abdominal muscle strength.
(c) Strength of character.
(d) Upper body strength.

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

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

12. What did Reynolds Price do upon returning from his trip with Daniel Voll?
(a) Retreat into bed.
(b) Submit a proposal for a new book.
(c) Rewrite the play.
(d) Write another play.

13. What was the purpose of Price's trip?
(a) To receive the National Book Award.
(b) To return to old haunts.
(c) To be inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
(d) To hear Leontyne Price sing.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the offer the Andersons made?

2. What put Price back in the hospital?

3. What did MRIs indicate about Price's tumor, in 1987?

4. What was the result of the thing Dan convinced Price to do?

5. What did Patrick Louge teach Price?

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