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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10 "Speaking of Madness".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Jamison find sitting at her office desk in this chapter?
(a) Her brother
(b) Her sister
(c) David Laurie
(d) Philip Brown

2. What does Jamison decide she needs to be patient with?
(a) Her work
(b) Herself
(c) The lithium
(d) Her family

3. What university does Jamison enroll at?
(a) Oxford
(b) Yale
(c) Stanford
(d) UCLA

4. What does Jamison want to buy at the drug store?
(a) Morphine
(b) A snake bite kit
(c) Lithium
(d) Paracetamol

5. Why does Jamison prefer the term manic depressive illness?
(a) It sounds more dangerous
(b) It has more positive connotations
(c) It is more descriptive
(d) People know what it is

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of Jamison's family becomes her emotional bedrock?

2. What does Jamison say she must do before she becomes associate professor?

3. What happened to the pilot in the military jet?

4. Which of the book's character's says off we go into the wild blue yonder?

5. What does the air crash become a metaphor for?

(see the answer key)

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