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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Anti-depressants.
(d) Electroshock.

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

4. Like manic-depressive illness, _______ usually begins late in adolescence and early adulthood and shares similar full-blown psychotic symptoms.
(a) Schizophrenia.
(b) Borderline personality disorder.
(c) Cyclythymes.
(d) Unipolar depression.

5. What is the name of Patty's oldest son?
(a) Sean.
(b) Patrick.
(c) Michael.
(d) John.

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

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

8. 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) Color-blind.
(b) Female.
(c) Left-handed.
(d) Male.

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

10. Patty claims she doesn't like to do what to prove she can act?
(a) Perform.
(b) Take lunches.
(c) Meet casting agents.
(d) Audition.

11. Patty Duke says that one of the few, slight side effects she gets from the lithium is what?
(a) Weight gain.
(b) Hair loss.
(c) Tremors.
(d) Nausea.

12. Patty Duke did not recall having any manias before the age of what?
(a) 15.
(b) 19.
(c) 22.
(d) 16.

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

14. 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) Millie.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Barbara.

15. 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?
(a) Rapid cyclers.
(b) Frequency bipolars.
(c) Schizophrenics.
(d) Multicyclers.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Patty Duke's first big, public manic episode?

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

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

4. How old was Patty when her father died?

5. What did Patty Duke's father call her as a child?

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