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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Patty Duke feel when she was diagnosed with manic depressive illness?
(a) Insecure.
(b) Disbelieving.
(c) Horrified.
(d) Relieved.

3. Researchers in Washington D.C. were studying how many patients whose depressions started in the spring and ended in the fall?
(a) 18.
(b) 20.
(c) 12.
(d) 60.

4. 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. Janice Egeland.
(b) Dr. Sarah. J. Gilliam.
(c) Dr. Emily Ogden.
(d) Dr. Michael M. Pafundin.

5. What kind of hat did Patty's father almost always wear?
(a) A gray fedora.
(b) A top hat.
(c) A black fedora.
(d) A bowler hat.

6. What did Patty Duke begin collecting after starting to take lithium?
(a) Pillboxes.
(b) Pamphlets.
(c) Diaries.
(d) Calendars.

7. 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) 60.
(d) 90.

8. How old was Patty when her father died?
(a) 19.
(b) 12.
(c) 17.
(d) 14.

9. How many pills of lithium does Patty Duke take per day?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

10. What psychiatric hospital did Patty's first husband take her to in Los Angeles?
(a) Green Acres.
(b) Bellevue.
(c) Whispering Oaks.
(d) Mt. Sinai.

11. What was the way Patty attempted suicide the majority of the times?
(a) Jumping in front of a car.
(b) Overdosing on pills.
(c) Drowning herself.
(d) Slitting her wrists.

12. Who is the 35-year-old artist used as an example in the section of Bipolar II?
(a) Beverly.
(b) Sara.
(c) Dawn.
(d) Dolly.

13. How much older is Patty's brother than her?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 5 years.

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

15. What researcher from Yale University School of Medicine participated in the study from Jerusalem on genetic connections?
(a) Dr. Ronna Pennington.
(b) Dr. Samuel Ross.
(c) Dr. Neil Risch.
(d) Dr. Frances Stein.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what person is Chapter 1 written?

2. What is the name of the forty-two-year-old mother of two who voluntarily participated in the study for winter depression?

3. What is the term for "mild ups and downs"?

4. Patty Duke has suffered episodes of mania as well as depression since her late teens but did not know the name of her illness until she was how old?

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

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