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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 does Price say Daniel Voll would do 'happily' for him and his visitors?

2. What did Price decide to do?

3. What was Price's original opinion of biofeedback?

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

5. Where did Reynolds Price and Daniel Voll travel to together?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Price's second surgery.

5. What prognosis doe Dr. Shuping give Price?

6. Describe Price's reunion with Daniel Voll.

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

8. How did Price's condition change after Christmas 1985?

9. What did biofeedback entail for Price?

10. Describe Price's withdrawal from methodone.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Use this book as a meditation on the value of a five-star rating system. Is a five-star system sufficient to a book like this? Would you need to have sub-topics for the rating system, for plot, characterization, language, etc? What other sub-topics would you need? What value or importance gets lost in a five-star scale? Design a scale that would be better for this book.

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

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

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