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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. Where does Jamison say most scientists now believe manic depressive illness comes from?
(a) The Family
(b) Isolation
(c) Too much television
(d) Monkeys

2. Who does Jamison say will stop asking her questions if they know she suffers from manic depression?
(a) Medical residents
(b) Colleagues
(c) Children
(d) Patients

3. Which of the following poets does Jamison quote?
(a) Ezra Pound
(b) John Donne
(c) T.S. Elliott
(d) Charles Bukowski

4. Who did Jamison want to protect by not talking about her illness?
(a) Her family
(b) Her colleagues
(c) Her friends
(d) Herself

5. Which of the following sometimes triggers a memory of earlier days as a manic depressive?
(a) A red light
(b) A sound
(c) Thunder
(d) A poem

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jamison not think is such a good idea?

2. What does Jamison say always accompanied her descent into depression?

3. What university does Jamison teach at?

4. What country does Mogens Schou come from?

5. What can Jamison do now she is taking less lithium?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Jamison drawn to Wyatt?

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

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

4. How does Jamison react to David's death?

5. How does Jamison end her memoir?

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

7. How does Jamison cope on her return to Los Angeles?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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