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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 many genes does a person have?
(a) 100,000-200,000.
(b) 150,000-200,000.
(c) 50,000-100,000.
(d) 25,000-50,000.

2. Who is the Armenian-born psychiatrist dedicated to studying personality and mood disorders who is referred to in Chapter 2?
(a) Dr. Aing Skanil.
(b) Dr. Hagop S. Akiskal.
(c) Dr. Sarah Adkinson.
(d) Dr. Steven Balantzian.

3. Who was the sister who raised Patty Duke's mother?
(a) Eleanor.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Gertrude.
(d) Lizzie.

4. Who is the director of the U.S. Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration referred to in Chapter 2?
(a) Dr. Frederick K. Goodwin.
(b) Dr. Doris H. Rosenfeld.
(c) Dr. Emily Franklin.
(d) Dr. Frederick Wolverton.

5. Patty Duke's mother was one of how many children?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 15.
(d) 11.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Patty Duke when she was writing the book?

2. In a 1969-research project at Washington University in St. Louis, researchers found that in two families, everyone that was ______ was also manic-depressive.

3. How old was Patty's father when he died?

4. Researchers in Washington D.C. were studying how many patients whose depressions started in the spring and ended in the fall?

5. Dr Elliot Gershon says that manic-depressive illness may have something to do with ________.

(see the answer key)

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