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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. Who helps Jamison pay off her debts?

2. What kind of glove did Jamison used to wear as a society girl in Washington DC?

3. Which Welsh poet does Jamison reference in this chapter?

4. Which European city does Jamison's brother call her from?

5. What does Jamison refuse to do regularly?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Jamison feel about her disorder?

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

5. How does Jamison's first visit to a psychiatric hospital affect her?

6. How does Jamison's brother save her life in chapter 5?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jamison occasionally examines the positive aspects of her illness. What positives can Jamison take from her illness? Would she have become the successful person she became without the illness?

Essay Topic 2

In 500 words, and using examples from the book, discuss the difference between Jamison's life when she was not in control of her illness to when you did gain control.

Essay Topic 3

How important is it to the study of bi-polar or manic depression that the illness is addressed by a sufferer? Can someone who does not suffer from the illness ever truly understand its complexity?

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