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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) Disbelieving.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Insecure.
(d) Horrified.

2. Who is the medical sociologist at the University of Miami School of Medicine and one of the field's major researchers in analyzing DNA?
(a) Dr. Emily Ogden.
(b) Dr. Sarah. J. Gilliam.
(c) Dr. Janice Egeland.
(d) Dr. Michael M. Pafundin.

3. For the past year, Dr. McKnew has been treating two four-year-olds whom he diagnosed having manic-depression with what?
(a) Lithium.
(b) Therapy.
(c) Electroshock.
(d) Anti-depressants.

4. What is the term for depressions which are a normal response to a major trauma?
(a) Actuary depression.
(b) Unipolar depression.
(c) Reactive depression.
(d) Normal depression.

5. What do some mental health experts refer to "the mixed states" as?
(a) Joyful misery.
(b) Despairing anxiety.
(c) Morose hysteria.
(d) Hysterical sadness.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Until what era was mental illness considered to be rooted in psychological trauma?

3. What does Bipolar III indicate?

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

5. Who is the Bipolar II woman from Chicago who says she wishes she could bottle her mania?

(see the answer key)

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