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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the seventh-century commander-in-chief and Lord Protector of England?
(a) Winston Churchill.
(b) Richard Dawkins.
(c) Andrew Jameson.
(d) Oliver Cromwell.

2. Who was Patty Duke's character's teacher in The Miracle Worker?
(a) Susan Sullivan.
(b) Rebecca Landson.
(c) Ashley Matthews.
(d) Sarah. Wilson.

3. Which composer wrote that he wished "the earth were a shell filled with gunpowder, to which I would put a match for my diversion"?
(a) Berlioz.
(b) Bach.
(c) Handel.
(d) Schumann.

4. Who is the Canadian entrepreneur and former owner of Bloomingdales?
(a) Andrew Richou.
(b) Michael Anderson.
(c) Robert Campeau.
(d) Jacque Mortenson.

5. What Wall Street trader testified in court that his manic-depressive illness led to his making bad business decisions?
(a) Andrew Schwartzman.
(b) John Mulhern, Jr.
(c) James Alexander.
(d) Phillip Bishop.

6. From what play comes the line, "The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact"?
(a) Romeo and Juliet.
(b) A Midsummer Night's Dream.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) A Winter's Tale.

7. In what year did Patty Duke make her television movie about her manic-depressive illness?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1986.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1992.

8. Where did Akiskal study 750 psychiatric patients looking for a link between creativity and manic depression?
(a) Minneapolis, MN.
(b) Los Angeles, CA.
(c) New York, NY.
(d) Memphis, TN.

9. Charles Burney was the biographer of which composer?
(a) Amadeus.
(b) Handel.
(c) Berlioz.
(d) Mahler.

10. How long after marrying John Astin did Patty realize she was pregnant?
(a) Six months.
(b) Two months.
(c) One year.
(d) One month.

11. In what year was lithium's effects on mania discovered?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1959.

12. Who was the pioneer in identifying manic-depressive illness?
(a) Dr. Kay Jamison.
(b) Cesare Lombroso.
(c) Emil Kraepelin.
(d) Sigmund Freud.

13. Who, along with Rose Kurland, founded the Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association?
(a) Marilyn Weiss.
(b) Johnathan Williams.
(c) Andrew Mathews.
(d) Sarah Strawman.

14. What did Patty often throw during her manic episodes?
(a) Her jewelry.
(b) Her Oscar.
(c) Her shoes.
(d) Her wigs.

15. What is the name of the mother whose daughter convinced her to seek therapy and lithium changed her life?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Andrea.
(c) Michelle.
(d) Lorraine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Patty's best friend's name?

2. Where do Patty's sister and her husband live?

3. In what year did Patty Duke end up at Dr. Arlen's home at 2 a.m. having a manic episode?

4. Who writes, "For every Hemingway, there are thousands of manic-depressives whose lives are ruined"?

5. Who was the director of the television movie Patty Duke made about her illness?

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