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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can Jamison never repay back to her brother?

2. What Jamison say she needs to break her dark moods?

3. How do Jamison and Laurie stay in touch?

4. What does Jamison call the chauvinist professor?

5. What do David and Jamison meet for almost every day?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jamison feel about her disorder?

2. What does Jamison think of St. Andrews?

3. How does David react when Jamison tell him about her illness?

4. What does Jamison discover in chapter 6 when a bright young lawyer kills himself?

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

6. How does Jamison mood swings affect her at college?

7. What does Jamison find attractive about David Laurie?

8. What reason does Jamison give for connecting manic depressives with creativity?

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

10. What is Jamison's sister's views on lithium?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How much do you think Jamison changed positive representations of manic depression? What positive impact has Jamison's ideas had on society? Do you think Jamison's ideas have had any negative impacts?

Essay Topic 2

Examine Jamison's writing style. How would you describe her prose style? What kind of vocabulary does she use? Does she use any specific writing techniques? What meaning does Jamison's style give to her story?

Essay Topic 3

What events in Jamison's early life influenced her decision to study psychology? How different do the students think Jamison's life would been if she was from a less supportive family?

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