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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 was Reynolds Price's response to the trip he took with Daniel Voll?

2. Who commissioned Price's work?

3. Who was Lawrence Wall?

4. What was different about Daniel Voll's visit, when he returned to see Price?

5. What did Reynolds Price see Dr. Shuping for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Price's reunion with Daniel Voll.

2. How does Price say Daniel Voll helped him when he was having a hard time accepting his condition?

3. What advice does Price offer to doctors?

4. Describe Price's second surgery.

5. Describe the story Price told when he was commissioned by Hendrix College.

6. What did biofeedback entail for Price?

7. How does Price say he thought about his future?

8. What was the new demon Price experienced after his second surgery?

9. What professional triumphs did Price enjoy in the winter of 1987?

10. Describe Price's first trip after physical therapy.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The AIDS epidemic began in the U.S. in 1981, only a few years before Price's illness. How does the spectre of AIDS appear in the book, and how does Price handle the panic and dread that comes from a possible death sentence (even though his condition was quite different from AIDS)? Are there thematic similarities with AIDS patients, that give AIDS a resonance in "A Whole New Life"?

Essay Topic 3

How did illness change Price's personality? Which change was most profound? Using examples from the text, describe the most powerful effects illness had on his life.

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