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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 subject does Jamison's brother have a PHD in?
(a) Sport
(b) Film and Media
(c) Economics
(d) Psychology

2. What is the name of the man Jamison meets at the beginning of the chapter?
(a) Lawrence Petersen
(b) David Laurie
(c) James Goldfield
(d) Philip White

3. Which American poet does Jamison reference in this chapter?
(a) Walt Whitman
(b) Erza Pound
(c) T.S Elliot
(d) Delmore Schwartz

4. Which of the following composers does the orchestra not play?
(a) Berlioz
(b) Wolf
(c) Schumann
(d) Mozart

5. Who does David invite to dinner in this chapter?
(a) KGB
(b) British military officers
(c) His mother
(d) Czech professors

Short Answer Questions

1. What sea does Jamison say makes the weather harsh at St. Andrew's?

2. Who insists Jamison has to stay on lithium?

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

4. What animal does Jamison want to buy?

5. What did Jamison's mother teach her to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the concert in chapter 6 benefit manic depressives?

2. How does Jamison's brother save her life in chapter 5?

3. Describe the depressive extreme of Jamison's mood disorder.

4. How does Jamison's disorder affect her home life?

5. What kind of work does Jamison decide to go into after graduate school?

6. What reason does Jamison give for not getting on with her sister?

7. How does Jamison feel about her disorder?

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

9. How does Jamison describe her early childhood years?

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

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