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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 sea does Jamison say makes the weather harsh at St. Andrew's?

2. Who does Jamison find sitting at her office desk in this chapter?

3. What does Jamison find it difficult doing when she is on lithium?

4. What is Jamison reluctant to surrender to when she is manic?

5. Who insists Jamison has to stay on lithium?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the plane that flies over the school yard in the first chapter?

2. What kind of work does Jamison do at the UCLA facility?

3. What indications are there that there is history of manic depression in Jamison's family?

4. In what way did Jamison's time at college turn out to be a positive experience?

5. Describe the depressive extreme of Jamison's mood disorder.

6. What is Jamison's opinion of using medication to treat depressive disorders?

7. What does Jamison think of St. Andrews?

8. How is Jamison's image of herself inaccurate?

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

10. What does Jamison find attractive about David Laurie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the following statement. Jamison focuses too much on the internal factors that cause mental illness and not enough on external factors. Using example from both the book and two other sources to support your argument.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

An Unquiet Mind was written in 1995. Choose one of the following options and discuss how psychiatry's ideas have developed since then.

1) The use of lithium.

2) Bi-polar as a genetically inherited illness.

3) Links between bi-polar and creativity.

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