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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Price look for consolation?
(a) His wife.
(b) His friends.
(c) God.
(d) Literature.

2. How does Price describe his rapport with Marcia Bennett?
(a) They enjoyed each other's company.
(b) They spent long hours rehashing old arguments.
(c) They were practically lovers.
(d) They grated on each other.

3. What was the surgeon's recommendation following surgery?
(a) Radiation.
(b) Another surgery.
(c) Palliative care.
(d) Chemotherapy.

4. Which poet did Price NOT hear from?
(a) Raymond Carver.
(b) Stephen Spender.
(c) Phillip Roth.
(d) John Updike.

5. Who is Jeff Anderson?
(a) Price's son.
(b) Price's friend.
(c) Price's brother.
(d) Price's student.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did the test show was swollen?

4. Where was Marcia Bennett's husband when she was taking care of Price?

5. What had the surgeon discovered?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Price say he did to make his condition more bearable?

2. What did Price's friend from Florida do for him?

3. What was "The Eel"?

4. What does Price say he asked for the morning after he heard the voice tell him what kind of suffering he would have to endure?

5. What radiation regimen was Price placed on?

6. How athletic was Price?

7. Describe Price's condition when he emerged from surgery.

8. How did Price's health change after the first surgery?

9. What does Price say was most difficult about the early weeks of radiation therapy?

10. What did Price draw on Marcia Bennett's urging?

(see the answer keys)

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