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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. How does Price characterize the works he made at Marcia Bennett's urging?
(a) Personally important.
(b) Childish.
(c) Meaningless.
(d) Depressing.

2. Describe the effect radiation had on Price.
(a) Exhausting.
(b) Disgusting.
(c) Inconveniencing.
(d) Rejuvenating.

3. What response does Price say he received when he asked God how much of this he would have to endure?
(a) More.
(b) No more.
(c) More than he could take.
(d) No more than he wanted to.

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

5. How was alcohol affecting him in a new way?
(a) One drink would make him drunk.
(b) He would have a severe allergic reaction.
(c) He felt poisoned.
(d) He could drink and drink without getting drunk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the prognosis after the first round of tests?

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

3. What activity does Price say he tried out, only to find that it wasn't for him?

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

5. What has Reynolds Price's health been like, up to this point?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Price's emotional reaction to his condition?

2. Describe Price's profound dream.

3. How did Reynolds Price's health begin to change?

4. What was "The Eel"?

5. How athletic was Price?

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

7. What resources did Price call on for help with his condition?

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

9. What did Price's doctors recommend for the next step after surgery?

10. Describe Price's stay with Marcia Bennett.

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