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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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. Emily Franklin.
(c) Dr. Doris H. Rosenfeld.
(d) Dr. Frederick K. Goodwin.

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

3. 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?
(a) 35.
(b) 25.
(c) 40.
(d) 32.

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

5. How much older is Patty's sister than her?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 3 years.

6. In a study in Belgium, what percent of birth parents whose adopted children had manic depression had a history of mood disorders?
(a) 25.
(b) 50.
(c) 31.
(d) 42.

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

8. How many genes does a person have?
(a) 100,000-200,000.
(b) 50,000-100,000.
(c) 25,000-50,000.
(d) 150,000-200,000.

9. What is the name of the woman who, at the age of forty-five, relates her experiences in Chapter 2 in "Only One Mania" ?
(a) Michelle.
(b) Sara.
(c) Dawn.
(d) Lauren.

10. When was Patty Duke's first big, public manic episode?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1968.

11. What does Bipolar III indicate?
(a) Manic all of the time.
(b) Manic most of the time.
(c) Depressive with mixed states.
(d) Medicated into mania.

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

13. Who is the 38-year-old woman mentioned in Chapter 2 who moved nine times in three years and consistently changed careers?
(a) Sara.
(b) Lisa.
(c) Melissa.
(d) Emily.

14. In what year did Patty's parent's marry?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1945.

15. Since what year has Patty Duke been taking lithium?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1985.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the way Patty attempted suicide the majority of the times?

2. Every few months, Patty says she gets a what taste in her mouth?

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

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

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

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