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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jamison find it difficult doing when she is on lithium?
(a) Working
(b) Eating
(c) Listening
(d) Reading

2. What do the students eat in her zoology class?
(a) Oysters
(b) Snails
(c) Lobsters
(d) Crabs

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

4. Which member of her family does Jamison say she adores?
(a) Her father
(b) Her sister
(c) Her mother
(d) Her brother

5. What is manic depression also known as?
(a) Black dog
(b) SAD
(c) Bi-polar
(d) Manic moods

6. Which of the following two words does Jamison use to describe her husband?
(a) Horribly handsome
(b) Depressive and beautiful
(c) Witty and loving
(d) Talented and kind

7. What country does Jamison go to in this chapter?
(a) England
(b) Tibet
(c) Russia
(d) Canada

8. What corporation did Jamison's father work at?
(a) Levis
(b) Xerox
(c) Microsoft
(d) Rand

9. What can Jamison never repay back to her brother?
(a) His love
(b) His emotional support
(c) The money he lends her
(d) The cigarettes he gives her

10. What kind of snake does Jamison want to protect herself against?
(a) An adder
(b) A brown snake
(c) A grass snake
(d) A rattle snake

11. Which of the following words does Jamison use to describe her illness?
(a) Seductive
(b) Fulfilling
(c) Ugly
(d) Naughty

12. What does Jamison claim manic depressive illness is linked with?
(a) Creativity
(b) Academia
(c) Happiness
(d) IQ

13. What is the name of the magazine the psychiatry resident is reading?
(a) Total Sport
(b) Total Film
(c) Physician's Desk Reference
(d) Physician's Guide to Good Care

14. Which of the following drugs is Jamison not researching?
(a) LSD
(b) Halpol
(c) Marijuana
(d) Heroin

15. What does Jamison like to write?
(a) Poetry
(b) Essays
(c) Short stories
(d) Novels

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Welsh poet does Jamison reference in this chapter?

2. What university does Jamison receive a federal grant to attend?

3. What does Jamison take to make sure she does not vomit?

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

5. What does Jamison say happens after several years of taking lithium?

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