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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 is the name of the hospital Jamison visits at 15?

2. Which of the following does Jamison like about the UCLA?

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

4. What does Jamison decide to do before entertaining guests?

5. What kind of snake does Jamison want to protect herself against?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jamison admire her older brother?

2. What is an example of Jamison's manic behavior?

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

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

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

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

7. How does Jamison manage to simplify her life?

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

9. Why can Jamison not go to a Ivy League 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

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

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?

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