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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the Italian psychiatrist who wrote Man of Genius?
(a) Guiseppe Renardo.
(b) Cesare Androsi.
(c) Luigi Androsi.
(d) Cesare Lombroso.

2. Who played Patty's son in the film Please Don't Hit Me, Mom?
(a) Jason Astin.
(b) Kevin Astin.
(c) Sean Astin.
(d) Mackenzie Astin.

3. Who heads the Foundation for Depression and Manic Depression in New York's Upper East Side?
(a) Dr. Anderson W. Michaels.
(b) Dr. Ronald R. Fieve.
(c) Dr. James R. Singe.
(d) Dr. Michael E. Jansen.

4. Patty Duke writes, "The tendency to _______ is something we've been doing for too long when it comes to manic depression."
(a) Pretend it's not there.
(b) Hide it.
(c) Expose only the negative.
(d) Look away.

5. What is another name for the drug trazodone?
(a) Lumidiomil.
(b) Fluoxetine.
(c) Bupropion.
(d) Dyserel.

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

7. Winston Churchill's biographer described him as what?
(a) Schizophrenic.
(b) Depressive.
(c) Cyclothymic.
(d) Manic depressive.

8. Neuroleptic drugs are traditionally used to treat the symptoms of what?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) Multiple Personality Disorder.
(c) Schizophrenia.
(d) Depression.

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

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

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

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

13. In what year was the book published upon which Patty's docudrama was based?
(a) 1987.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1989.

14. Why couldn't John work as a screenwriter during one period of Patty's marriage?
(a) She wouldn't let him.
(b) He was an alcoholic.
(c) There was a strike.
(d) He was fired.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What Wall Street trader testified in court that his manic-depressive illness led to his making bad business decisions?

2. Who wrote the book, Movie Stars, Real People, and Me?

3. Who is the Canadian entrepreneur and former owner of Bloomingdales?

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

5. Charles Burney was the biographer of which composer?

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