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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Reynolds Price ask Marcia Bennett?
2. When does "A Whole New Life begin"?
3. What is Marcia Bennett's husband's profession?
4. What is Dr. Simonton's field?
5. What hobby did Price take up?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Price's emotional reaction to his condition?
2. 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?
3. What did Price's friend from Florida do for him?
4. What does Price say he had to do, before he asked Marcia Bennett about staying with her?
5. What did Price's doctors recommend for the next step after surgery?
6. Describe Price's profound dream.
7. Describe Price's physical deterioration after radiation therapy.
8. Describe Price's stay with Marcia Bennett.
9. How athletic was Price?
10. Where did Price go from Marcia Bennett's house?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Price says that he considers his old self dead. In what way is "A Whole New Life" a ritual of renewal, or a ceremony of rebirth? In what ways is Price reborn, and how does the image of his rebirth resonate with other of his experiences? Using examples from the text, describe the significance of Price's rebirth in "A Whole New Life".
Essay Topic 2
What is Reynolds Price's literary style like, and how does Price's language itself reveal the effect his illness had on him? Where is his language most powerful, in his life? What experiences does it fail to do justice to? How does he compensate for the weakness of his language?
Essay Topic 3
Evaluate your own reading of "A Whole New Life"--did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.
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