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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 has Reynolds Price's health been like, up to this point?
2. Where is Reynolds Price living at the beginning of "A Whole New Life"?
3. What was the title of the work Price created in homage to his tumor?
4. What did the radiation oncologist tell Reynolds Price after his radiation therapy was done?
5. What had the surgeon discovered?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Price's physical deterioration after radiation therapy.
2. Describe Price's stay with Marcia Bennett.
3. What was "The Eel"?
4. Where did Price go from Marcia Bennett's house?
5. What resources did Price call on for help with his condition?
6. How does Price say his relationship with Jesus changed throughout the course of his cancer treatment?
7. What effect did radiation therapy have on Price's body?
8. What radiation regimen was Price placed on?
9. What does Price say he learned about his tumor?
10. What did Price draw on Marcia Bennett's urging?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
How does Price's career interact with his illness? Does he benefit by it in his writing? What allows Price to put his experiences to use, and what kinds of experiences remain beyond him as a writer? As a man? Using examples from the text, describe the effect of Price's illness on his writing, and vice versa.
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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