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

2. What does the lower dose of lithium allow Jamison to do?
(a) Play sport
(b) Lecture students
(c) Watch television
(d) Eperience her emotions more fully

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

4. What have Jamison's exalted moods taught her?
(a) Family is the most important part of her life
(b) Always put your health first
(c) Never to become jaded to life
(d) Always keep looking for better things

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why would Jamison want to lower her medication?

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

3. What does Jamison want a heightened awareness of?

4. Which of the following words or phrases does Jamison not use to describe her depressive episodes?

5. What does Jamison want to discuss with the chairmen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jamison prefer the term manic depressive to bi-polar?

2. How is the lower dosage of lithium benefiting Jamison in chapter 9?

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

4. What does Jamison say has given her the greatest happiness?

5. How does Jamison stop the temptation of reliving her manic episodes?

6. Why is Jamison drawn to Wyatt?

7. Why was Jamison reluctant to openly discuss her illness?

8. What conversation does Jamison recall at the beginning of chapter 11?

9. What does Jamison hope never to have to experience again concerning her manic episodes?

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

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