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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 does Jamison fill out an application for?

2. What is the correct medical diagnosis of Jamison's illness?

3. Which of the following members of Jamison's family is the only one she gives a name to?

4. What does Jamison feel herself to be?

5. What did James Watson discover?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the lower dosage of lithium benefiting Jamison in chapter 9?

2. Why was Jamison reluctant to openly discuss her illness?

3. How does Jamison react to David's death?

4. Why is Jamison encouraged by a presentation at the end of chapter 11?

5. How could revealing her illness affect her personal life?

6. Why does Jamison prefer the term manic depressive to bi-polar?

7. Why has Jamison never had children?

8. How does Jamison benefit when her psychiatrist lowers her dosage level?

9. What conversation does Jamison recall at the beginning of chapter 11?

10. What question does Jamison pose at the beginning of chapter 14?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples from the book discuss the reasons why manic depression is connected with creativity.

Essay Topic 2

Identify the main themes of the story. Why do you think these themes are so important to the story? How does Jamison use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the people Jamison mentions in the book and discuss how they helped Jamison to recover. Could Jamison have survived without their support?

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