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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. How did Patty Duke feel when she was diagnosed with manic depressive illness?
(a) Insecure.
(b) Horrified.
(c) Disbelieving.
(d) Relieved.

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

3. How old was Patty Duke when she was writing the book?
(a) 41.
(b) 50.
(c) 49.
(d) 45.

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

5. From what form of bipolar illness does Patty Duke suffer?
(a) Bipolar II.
(b) Bipolar III.
(c) Hypomania.
(d) Bipolar I.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Researchers believe that there is a link between the gene which may pass along traits of manic-depressive illness and what chromosome?

4. Who was the sister who raised Patty Duke's mother?

5. At the time the book was written, the Amish study was continuing covering how many subjects from 11 families?

(see the answer key)

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