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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. Which of the following poets does Jamison quote?

2. What would there not be enough of if psychiatric issues stopped people from getting clinical privileges?

3. Which English town is David buried in?

4. What city does Jamison go back to?

5. What does Jamison ponder in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jamison prefer the term manic depressive to bi-polar?

2. Why is Jamison encouraged by a presentation at the end of chapter 11?

3. How does another Englishman sweep Jamison off of her feet in chapter 8?

4. How does Jamison cope on her return to Los Angeles?

5. How does Jamison react to David's death?

6. What does Jamison miss about her manic episodes

7. Describe the letter Jamison received after giving a presentation in chapter 10?

8. What does life in Oxford teach her?

9. Why has Jamison never had children?

10. How does Jamison end her memoir?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How important is it to the study of bi-polar or manic depression that the illness is addressed by a sufferer? Can someone who does not suffer from the illness ever truly understand its complexity?

Essay Topic 2

Examine Jamison's writing style. How would you describe her prose style? What kind of vocabulary does she use? Does she use any specific writing techniques? What meaning does Jamison's style give to her story?

Essay Topic 3

What major events had a profound affect on Jamison's life and how did they change her? What does Jamison still have to learn by the end of the book?

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