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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. Which English town is David buried in?
(a) Dorset
(b) Norfolk
(c) Leighton Buzzard
(d) Luton

2. What can her mania lead to?
(a) Insanity
(b) Fun
(c) Bullying
(d) Euphoria

3. What does Jamison question at the beginning of the chapter?
(a) Her love for her father
(b) The severity of her illness
(c) Her reluctance to discuss her illness
(d) Her sexuality

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

5. What did her illness destroy?
(a) Her furniture
(b) Her co-ordination
(c) All pleasure and relationships
(d) Her credit status

Short Answer Questions

1. What drug does Jamison compare the addictiveness of her manic states to?

2. Which of the following poets does Jamison quote?

3. What is the name of the man Jamison meets in this chapter?

4. What message does the Englishman write in the book?

5. Why did Jamison want to protect her family?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Richard react when Jamison tells him about her mental illness?

2. What does Jamison say she now accepts about her illness?

3. What does Jamison miss about her manic episodes

4. Describe the letter Jamison received after giving a presentation in chapter 10?

5. How does the department chairman react when Jamison tells him she suffers from a mental illness?

6. What does life in Oxford teach her?

7. How does Jamison benefit when her psychiatrist lowers her dosage level?

8. Summarize the book.

9. Why has Jamison never had children?

10. What is Jamison's view on the use of slang to describe people with mental illness?

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