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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the married son's name whose mother saw the signs of his oncoming manic depression in Chapter 10?
(a) Danny.
(b) William.
(c) Sean.
(d) Jason.

2. Who is the author of the book, Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament?
(a) Gloria Hochman.
(b) Patty Duke.
(c) Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison.
(d) Dr. Stanford H. Ray.

3. In the example of dealing with a spouse with the illness, who is married to Tracey?
(a) Adam.
(b) Jason.
(c) William.
(d) John.

4. Who writes, "For every Hemingway, there are thousands of manic-depressives whose lives are ruined"?
(a) Dr. Susan McAnderson.
(b) Dr. Kay Redenfield.
(c) Dr. Anthony Rothschild.
(d) Dr. Seymore Johnson.

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

6. When were monoamine oxidase inhibitors ushered into the antidepressant era?
(a) 1970s.
(b) 1960s.
(c) 1950s.
(d) 1980s.

7. In the story about Ellen, who developed bipolar disorder in high school, and her mother was her caretaker 17 years later, what did Ellen graduate college to become?
(a) Interior designer.
(b) Writer.
(c) Actress.
(d) Comedian.

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

9. Which composer wrote of his delusions to his fiancé Clara Wieck?
(a) Schumann.
(b) Handel.
(c) Bach.
(d) Berlioz.

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

11. The doctor who discovered lithium's effects on mania originally suspected that what was the culprit for the disease?
(a) Adrenalin.
(b) Urea.
(c) Thymine.
(d) Lactose.

12. Who was the director of the television movie Patty Duke made about her illness?
(a) James Smead.
(b) Andrew Brucker.
(c) Gil Cates.
(d) John Landing.

13. Who played Patty's father in the television movie?
(a) Her uncle.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her son.

14. Where was it that Patty's best friend lived across the street from her?
(a) New York.
(b) Indiana.
(c) Westwood.
(d) Los Angeles.

15. What is the circuit with which John and Patty worked as actors and traveled?
(a) Off Broadway.
(b) Straw-hat.
(c) Last Exit.
(d) World tour.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did Patty Duke play in The Miracle Worker?

3. What is the name of the mother whose daughter convinced her to seek therapy and lithium changed her life?

4. Who is the controversial former Prime Minister of Israel referred to in Chapter 8?

5. What is another name for the drug trazodone?

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