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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. How had the tumor changed since Price's surgery and radiation therapy?

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

3. What does Price say his friends thought about his condition?

4. What was Price given for pain at physical therapy?

5. What kinds of subjects does Price say he steered his students toward?

Short Essay Questions

1. What prognosis doe Dr. Shuping give Price?

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

3. Describe Price's second surgery.

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

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

6. How does Price say he ended up feeling practically agoraphobic?

7. What did biofeedback entail for Price?

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

9. How was Price managing the pain, when he returned to live at home?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the effectiveness of surgery and biofeedback and hypnosis. How are they similar? How are they different? Why was hypnosis so effective for treating his pain? Why did it take so long for Price to try it?

Essay Topic 2

Price says that illness was new in his life, but at the beginning of the book, he was 51, and just starting to see the effect of age. Using examples from the text, describe how Price had expected his future to go, and how it differed from the future he expected to have. How did Price prepare himself for the future he expected to have? How well prepared was he for the future he had to live with instead?

Essay Topic 3

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".

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