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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Many Faces of Manic-Depressive Illness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Patty Duke has suffered episodes of mania as well as depression since her late teens but did not know the name of her illness until she was how old?
(a) 25.
(b) 32.
(c) 40.
(d) 35.

2. Who is the Bipolar II woman from Chicago who says she wishes she could bottle her mania?
(a) Dolly.
(b) Beatrice.
(c) Dawn.
(d) Dorothy.

3. Who is the Armenian-born psychiatrist dedicated to studying personality and mood disorders who is referred to in Chapter 2?
(a) Dr. Hagop S. Akiskal.
(b) Dr. Sarah Adkinson.
(c) Dr. Steven Balantzian.
(d) Dr. Aing Skanil.

4. When was Patty Duke's first big, public manic episode?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1950.

5. What is the name of the play starring Susan Clark about three women in which Patty performed in Los Angeles?
(a) Meetin's on the Porch.
(b) The Glass Castle.
(c) Miriam's Story.
(d) Adriana's Back Door.

Short Answer Questions

1. Like manic-depressive illness, _______ usually begins late in adolescence and early adulthood and shares similar full-blown psychotic symptoms.

2. What is the name of the woman who, at the age of forty-five, relates her experiences in Chapter 2 in "Only One Mania" ?

3. Which of the forms of bipolar disorder is the most extreme?

4. Whose research states that of the unipolar depressives who commit suicide most will have visited their doctor within the month?

5. Who is the 38-year-old woman mentioned in Chapter 2 who moved nine times in three years and consistently changed careers?

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