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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. Who was Eric Rector?

2. What did doctors do during Price's surgery at the end of the semester?

3. What does Price say he was taking for pain?

4. Who was Lawrence Wall?

5. What does Price say he withdrew from?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Price's second surgery.

3. What prognosis doe Dr. Shuping give Price?

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

5. Describe Price's trip to New York.

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

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

8. What kinds of pain led Dr. Friedman to recommend biofeedback for Price?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.

Essay Topic 2

Write an evaluative review of "A Whole New Life". What is this book's place in culture? What are its uses? Who is its audience? What are its limitations?

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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