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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Patty duke writes, "____ was the most oppressive thing about living with the Rosses."
(a) Money.
(b) Danger.
(c) Longing.
(d) Fear.

2. What is the name of the play starring Susan Clark about three women in which Patty performed in Los Angeles?
(a) The Glass Castle.
(b) Adriana's Back Door.
(c) Meetin's on the Porch.
(d) Miriam's Story.

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

4. Chapter 1, Looking Backward is written in the style of what?
(a) Speculative fiction.
(b) Fiction.
(c) Memoir.
(d) Biography.

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

6. How old was Patty when she stopped living with her managers?
(a) 15.
(b) 18.
(c) 12.
(d) 25.

7. How old was Patty's father when he died?
(a) 45.
(b) 50.
(c) 52.
(d) 60

8. What ex-boyfriend of Patty's did she indirectly apologize to, by way of siblings or friends?
(a) John.
(b) Michael.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Desi.

9. 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) 15.
(d) 30.

10. In a 1969-research project at Washington University in St. Louis, researchers found that in two families, everyone that was ______ was also manic-depressive.
(a) Female.
(b) Left-handed.
(c) Color-blind.
(d) Male.

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

12. Duke writes in Chapter 1 that as her episodes increased with frequency they also increased with what?
(a) Irrationality.
(b) Depression.
(c) Intensity.
(d) Irritability.

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

14. Until what era was mental illness considered to be rooted in psychological trauma?
(a) 1940s.
(b) 1950s.
(c) 1960s.
(d) 1970s.

15. In what neighborhood did Patty's parents grow up?
(a) Kips Bay.
(b) Park Slope.
(c) Astoria.
(d) Bed-Stuy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many pills of lithium does Patty Duke take per day?

3. For how many years did Patty Duke suffer severely with her illness before she was finally diagnosed as manic depressive?

4. What percentage of unipolar depressives will eventually commit suicide?

5. How low did Patty's weight get when she was anorexic?

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