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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. Where is Richard the chief of neuropsychiatry?

2. What does the lower dose of lithium allow Jamison to do?

3. What can Jamison do now she is taking less lithium?

4. What university does Jamison teach at?

5. What does Jamison still grieve for?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jamison cope on her return to Los Angeles?

2. What does Jamison say has given her the greatest happiness?

3. How does the department chairman react when Jamison tells him she suffers from a mental illness?

4. How does Jamison stop the temptation of reliving her manic episodes?

5. What does Jamison remember about her mood swings?

6. What does Jamison miss about her manic episodes

7. What research is James Watson doing regarding the cause of mental illness?

8. Why has Jamison never had children?

9. What does Jamison hope never to have to experience again concerning her manic episodes?

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

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

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 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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