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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Dr. Shuping's prognosis?
(a) That Price's outlook for walking was not good.
(b) That surgery might help him.
(c) That he would likely be paralyzed permanently.
(d) That he might eventually get some relief from pain.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What was the result of the thing Dan convinced Price to do?
(a) Price found new sources for his work.
(b) Price resolved old hostilities.
(c) Price lost a great deal of money.
(d) Price enjoyed getting out more.

10. What changed when Reynolds Price injured himself?
(a) He damaged his internal organs.
(b) He lost all feeling in his legs.
(c) His pain actually decreased.
(d) His pain was so bad he couldn't lift his head.

11. What did MRIs indicate about Price's tumor, in 1987?
(a) Decay of the vertebrae around it.
(b) No growth.
(c) Aggressive growth.
(d) Reduction in size.

12. What was Dan's role in maintaining Price's balance of mind?
(a) Chastizing his self-pity.
(b) Talking him down from the proverbial ledge.
(c) Nourishing his spirit with food, music and literature.
(d) Encouraging him to remain faithful.

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

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

15. What was Reynolds Price's response to the trip he took with Daniel Voll?
(a) He was humbled.
(b) He was appalled.
(c) He was depressed.
(d) He was inspired.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Reynolds Price and Daniel Voll travel to together?

2. How does Price characterize the pain he felt by the end of the semester?

3. What did Price's friends the Andersons offer to do for him?

4. What kind of program does Price say he entered after biofeedback?

5. What does Price say his outlook was, at the end of chapter 6?

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