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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 did Jamison feel when her brother was around?

2. What does Jamison take to make sure she does not vomit?

3. Where does Jamison's psychiatrist take her when Jamison insists she wants to be alone?

4. In which English city does Jamison spend a few months in?

5. What does Jamison think about when her moods are very low?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jamison prove that manic depression is linked with greater creativity?

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

3. How does Jamison hear about David's death?

4. How does Jamison manage to simplify her life?

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

6. How does Jamison's disorder affect her home life?

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

8. Why does Jamison admire her older brother?

9. How does the concert in chapter 6 benefit manic depressives?

10. What happens to Jamison as she is walking through a garden campus in chapter 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is Jamison's book important in changing people's perceptions of mental illness? How much does it help that she is a well established doctor? Is there a danger that people will connect such illnesses with high achievers?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following options and discuss how Jamison's illness affected that particular area in her life.

1) Work.

2) Social life.

3) Intimate relationships.

4) Family.

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