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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 is Richard's title?
(a) Lord
(b) Professor
(c) Doctor
(d) Prince

2. What does Jamison want to discuss with the chairmen?
(a) A radio show
(b) A payrise
(c) Her illness
(d) A colleague

3. What state is John Hopkin's university in?
(a) California
(b) Chicago
(c) Maryland
(d) Virginia

4. Who does Jamison recall a conversation with?
(a) Delmore Scwartz
(b) Johan Cryuff
(c) Johann Johannsen
(d) Mogens Schou

5. What is Jamison sometimes tempted to do?
(a) Commit suicide
(b) Lower her dosage of lithium
(c) Divorce
(d) Have an affair

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jamison start to take regularly after David's death?

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

3. Who does Jamison say will stop asking her questions if they know she suffers from manic depression?

4. What word Jamison used at a presentation made a woman angry?

5. What would Jamison want to be available if she chose to be manic depressive?

Short Essay Questions

1. What research is James Watson doing regarding the cause of mental illness?

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

3. Summarize the book.

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

5. How does another Englishman sweep Jamison off of her feet in chapter 8?

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

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

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

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

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

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