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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. Who is the Italian psychiatrist who wrote Man of Genius?

2. The doctor who discovered lithium's effects on mania originally suspected that what was the culprit for the disease?

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

4. Who was the director of the television movie Patty Duke made about her illness?

5. Who was the seventh-century commander-in-chief and Lord Protector of England?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss anticonvulsants and neuroleptics.

2. What does Patty Duke conclude regarding talent and manic depression?

3. Describe the concert presented by Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison. Who was featured?

4. Discuss the effects of parents who pass on manic-depression to their children.

5. What did the psychiatrist and Patty disagree about regarding her manic "epiphany"?

6. What led to Patty's depressions early in her marriage to John Astin?

7. What was Patty's experience like in making Call Me Anna?

8. What concerns doctors in discussing manic depression and creativity?

9. What did making Call Me Anna cause Patty to see about manic depression and its effects on acting?

10. In Chapter 10, the relationships between spouses with manic depression are discussed. Describe these.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of psychotherapy in treating manic-depressive illness. How helpful is it?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the symptoms of manic-depressive illness listed early in the book. Is it possible to diagnose the disease based solely on a checklist? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the childhood of Patty Duke. What was her relationship to her parents? Who were Patty's "adoptive" parents and what was their role in her life?

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