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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nationality is Jamison's husband?
(a) Japanese
(b) English
(c) German
(d) French

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

3. What happened to the pilot in the military jet?
(a) He burned to death
(b) He lost his legs
(c) He lost an arm
(d) He broke his back

4. What is Eros?
(a) The water source
(b) The life force
(c) The death force
(d) The food source

5. What did Jamison's mother teach her to do?
(a) Play golf
(b) Play cards
(c) Break her dark moods
(d) Come off lithium

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jamison say she remembers college as?

2. What does Jamison find too emotional?

3. What drug has the physician injected his patient with?

4. Why can Jamison not afford spending sprees?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jamison think of St. Andrews?

2. Describe the manic extreme of Jamison's mood disorder.

3. What happens to the plane that flies over the school yard in the first chapter?

4. What kind of work does Jamison do at the UCLA facility?

5. How does Jamison's first visit to a psychiatric hospital affect her?

6. How does Jamison feel about her disorder?

7. How does David help Jamison get over a depressive episode?

8. How does Jamison prove that manic depression is linked with greater creativity?

9. What does Jamison discover in chapter 6 when a bright young lawyer kills himself?

10. In what way did Jamison's time at college turn out to be a positive experience?

(see the answer keys)

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