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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Many Faces of Manic-Depressive Illness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the couple who managed Patty Duke as a child?
(a) The Rosses.
(b) The Fitzmaurices.
(c) The Gardners.
(d) The Steiners.

2. Like manic-depressive illness, _______ usually begins late in adolescence and early adulthood and shares similar full-blown psychotic symptoms.
(a) Unipolar depression.
(b) Cyclythymes.
(c) Schizophrenia.
(d) Borderline personality disorder.

3. What is the term for "mild ups and downs"?
(a) Semipolar.
(b) Unipolar.
(c) Cyclothymes.
(d) Demimaniac.

4. What percentage of unipolar depressives will eventually commit suicide?
(a) 10.
(b) 30.
(c) 15.
(d) 20.

5. Which of the forms of bipolar disorder is the most extreme?
(a) Bipolar I.
(b) Hypomania.
(c) Bipolar III.
(d) Bipolar II.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Patty when she stopped living with her managers?

2. Who is the 38-year-old woman mentioned in Chapter 2 who moved nine times in three years and consistently changed careers?

3. Chapter 1, Looking Backward is written in the style of what?

4. How did Patty Duke feel when she was diagnosed with manic depressive illness?

5. Who is the director of the U.S. Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration referred to in Chapter 2?

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