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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Who Gets Manic-Depressive Illness?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1985, Dr. Akiskal reported results of a study on how many children or younger siblings of adult bipolar patients?
(a) 60.
(b) 68.
(c) 75.
(d) 100.

2. Dr Elliot Gershon says that manic-depressive illness may have something to do with ________.
(a) Associative bipolarism.
(b) Assortative mating.
(c) Acclimancy factor.
(d) Infancy risk.

3. What researchers lived with an Amish family in Lancaster, Pennsylvania while studying at Yale?
(a) Dr. Janice Egeland.
(b) Dr. Timothy Hutchins.
(c) Dr. Neil Risch.
(d) Dr. Samuel Ross.

4. What researcher from Yale University School of Medicine participated in the study from Jerusalem on genetic connections?
(a) Dr. Frances Stein.
(b) Dr. Samuel Ross.
(c) Dr. Neil Risch.
(d) Dr. Ronna Pennington.

5. At the time the book was written, the Amish study was continuing covering how many subjects from 11 families?
(a) 160.
(b) 120.
(c) 150.
(d) 100.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many years did Patty Duke suffer severely with her illness before she was finally diagnosed as manic depressive?

2. In what person is Chapter 1 written?

3. The increased risk of developing a mood disorder from having a first-degree relative who also has a mood disorder is how many times that of someone without that history?

4. Duke writes in Chapter 1 that as her episodes increased with frequency they also increased with what?

5. Patty duke writes, "____ was the most oppressive thing about living with the Rosses."

(see the answer key)

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