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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. More than ten million people a year in the United States alone complain of symptoms of what?
(a) Schizophrenia.
(b) Reactive depression.
(c) Unipolar depression.
(d) Bipolar depression.

2. Who is the assistant professor of psychiatry at McLean Hospital at Harvard medical school?
(a) Dr. Sarah M. Wilkinson.
(b) Dr. Anthony J. Rothschild.
(c) Dr. Frederick M. Wolverton.
(d) Dr. Sanjay D. Deepak.

3. Patty Duke's father was what?
(a) An alcoholic.
(b) A teacher.
(c) Schizophrenic.
(d) Manic-depressive.

4. In studies of twins where one identical twin had manic-depressive disorder, what is the percentage of cases where the other twin also developed it?
(a) 80.
(b) 50.
(c) 90.
(d) 60.

5. How low did Patty's weight get when she was anorexic?
(a) 73 lbs.
(b) 69 lbs.
(c) 80 lbs.
(d) 85 lbs.

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

7. When was Patty's mother diagnosed with unipolar depression?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1970.

8. In a study in Belgium, among the adoptive parents of bipolar adoptees, the prevalence in mental illness was what percent?
(a) 19.
(b) 12.
(c) 30.
(d) 15.

9. What is Patty's older sister's name?
(a) Carol.
(b) Alison.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Donna.

10. When Patty was about 12, where was her mother living?
(a) The Bronx.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Queens.

11. What is the name of the third book Patty is writing and says she's doing research for?
(a) Patty Duke's Lost Years.
(b) Patty Duke's Pacific Northwest Pit Stop Guide.
(c) Patty Duke's Little Beige Pill.
(d) Call Me Anna.

12. How old was Patty when her parents split up?
(a) Three.
(b) Seven.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.

13. What is the name of the forty-two-year-old mother of two who voluntarily participated in the study for winter depression?
(a) Dorothy.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Barbara.
(d) Millie.

14. Within how many weeks did lithium begin to work for Patty Duke?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) Eight.

15. What did "Grandpa Duke" do for a living?
(a) He was a cab driver.
(b) He was a bartender.
(c) He was an engineer.
(d) He was a mechanic.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much older is Patty's brother than her?

3. Who was the producer of The Patty Duke Show?

4. What psychiatric hospital did Patty's first husband take her to in Los Angeles?

5. What is the term for patients whose mood changes collide with one another, from month to month, day to day, sometimes even within the same day?

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