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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following words or phrases does Jamison not use to describe her depressive episodes?
(a) Standstill
(b) Deep cave like blackness
(c) Deaden her spirits
(d) Life-in-death blankness

2. What state is John Hopkin's university in?
(a) Chicago
(b) Virginia
(c) California
(d) Maryland

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

4. What does Jamison say her emotional and physical pain forced her to do?
(a) Take an overdose
(b) Crawl across the floor
(c) Take heroin
(d) Pray for forgiveness

5. What does Jamison say has made her life bearable?
(a) Religion
(b) Work
(c) Human contact
(d) Love

6. What is the correct medical diagnosis of Jamison's illness?
(a) Bi-polar
(b) Clinical depression
(c) Schizophrenia
(d) Manic depression

7. Which of the following members of Jamison's family is the only one she gives a name to?
(a) Her brother
(b) None of them
(c) Her cousin
(d) Her sister

8. Who does Jamison take with her on her long walks?
(a) Richard Wyatt
(b) Her son
(c) Her dog
(d) Her cat

9. Which of the following scientists are at the medical conference?
(a) David Bell
(b) James Watson
(c) Lauren Smith
(d) Paul Ewood

10. What illness does Richard research?
(a) Schizophrenia
(b) Manic depression
(c) Cancer
(d) Clinical depression

11. What does Jamison not think is such a good idea?
(a) Two mentally ill people getting married
(b) The use of slang to describe mental illness
(c) Mentally ill people having children
(d) Political and medical correctness

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

13. What does Jamison want a heightened awareness of?
(a) Mental states
(b) Sex
(c) Music
(d) Language

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

15. What is the name of the man Jamison meets in this chapter?
(a) Peter Davis
(b) Richard Wyatt
(c) Glynn Dorm
(d) Dick West

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jamison recall with longing?

2. What university does Jamison teach at?

3. Who does Jamison say will stop asking her questions if they know she suffers from manic depression?

4. What notable award has James Watson won?

5. Why does Jamison not have children?

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