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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 doctors do during Price's surgery at the end of the semester?

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

3. What does Price say Diana Betz came to see him for?

4. What was the effect of the new demon in Price's experience?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What advice does Price offer to doctors?

2. Describe Price's second surgery.

3. What prognosis doe Dr. Shuping give Price?

4. Describe Price's trip to New York.

5. Describe Price's experience with hypnosis as a treatment.

6. How did Price's community react to his being housebound?

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

8. What does Price say about the pain he felt after falling from his wheelchair?

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

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

Write a character sketch of the author based on his style and content. What values does he hold dear? What are his hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think he is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.

Essay Topic 3

Describe Price's account of the medical establishment. What insights does he offer? What criticisms? What does Price's portrait of the medical establishment tell us about him? Using examples from the text, analyze Price's portrait of doctors and nurses and support therapists he met. What recommendations and reforms would his book suggest?

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