3. What does Jamison say could lead to death?
(a) Bearing a child
(b) Lowering her medication
(c) Raising her medication
(d) Jumping from a building

4. What does Jamison feel herself to be?
(a) A person
(b) A survivor
(c) Bad luck messenger
(d) A disciple of God

5. What city does Jamison go back to?
(a) Washington
(b) Chicago
(c) Seattle
(d) Los Angeles

6. What question does Jamison pose at the beginning of the chapter?
(a) Whether she would choose to live in America
(b) Whether she would choose to have children
(c) Whether she would choose to have manic depression
(d) Whether she would choose to be born

7. How does Jamison describe Richard?
(a) Loving, but pompous
(b) Low key and down to earth
(c) Manically funny
(d) Cute as hell

8. What does Jamison not want to rule out when talking about mental illness?
(a) Informality
(b) Humor
(c) Seriousness
(d) Slang

9. Which of the following colorful expressions does Jamison use in this chapter?
(a) Nut job
(b) Mad as a hatter
(c) Barmy
(d) Gone around the bend

10. What does Jamison say is part of who she is?
(a) Her family
(b) Her violent mood swings
(c) Her children
(d) Her husband

11. What is Jamison sometimes tempted to do?
(a) Commit suicide
(b) Lower her dosage of lithium
(c) Have an affair
(d) Divorce

12. What university does Jamison teach at?
(a) Chicago
(b) Oxford
(c) John Hopkins
(d) Yale

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

14. Who does Jamison recall a conversation with?
(a) Johann Johannsen
(b) Mogens Schou
(c) Johan Cryuff
(d) Delmore Scwartz

15. Who poses the question to Jamison at the start of the chapter?
(a) Herself
(b) Her brother
(c) Her husband
(d) Her psychiatrist