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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, My Family and Friends.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Researchers believe that there is a link between the gene which may pass along traits of manic-depressive illness and what chromosome?
(a) Y.
(b) B.
(c) O.
(d) X.

2. How low did Patty's weight get when she was anorexic?
(a) 85 lbs.
(b) 73 lbs.
(c) 80 lbs.
(d) 69 lbs.

3. When Patty was about 12, where was her mother living?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) Queens.
(d) The Bronx.

4. In what year was lithium's effects on mania discovered?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1965.

5. Which of the forms of bipolar disorder is the most extreme?
(a) Bipolar III.
(b) Bipolar I.
(c) Bipolar II.
(d) Hypomania.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the director of the U.S. Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration referred to in Chapter 2?

2. Patty Duke writes, "The tendency to _______ is something we've been doing for too long when it comes to manic depression."

3. In a study in Belgium, among the adoptive parents of bipolar adoptees, the prevalence in mental illness was what percent?

4. Who played Patty's father in the television movie?

5. How old was Patty's father when he died?

(see the answer key)

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