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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, My Family and Friends.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of the book, Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament?
(a) Dr. Stanford H. Ray.
(b) Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison.
(c) Patty Duke.
(d) Gloria Hochman.

2. An overdose of lithium can result in what?
(a) Depression.
(b) Death.
(c) Catatonia.
(d) Mania.

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

4. Whose research states that of the unipolar depressives who commit suicide most will have visited their doctor within the month?
(a) Dr. Emily Watson.
(b) Dr. George Murphy.
(c) Dr. Seymor J. Williams.
(d) Dr. Frederick Wolverson.

5. What is the name of the doctor at the hospital which Patty called "Grandpa"?
(a) Michael McAndrew.
(b) Gerald Kimble.
(c) Jack Lomas.
(d) Richard Hillburrow.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what neighborhood did Patty's parents grow up?

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

4. What is one indicator of oncoming manias?

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

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