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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Patty Duke's middle son's name?
(a) Kevin.
(b) Mackenzie.
(c) Phillip.
(d) Sean.

3. What is another name for the drug Depakote?
(a) Valproate.
(b) Stelazine.
(c) Clonopin.
(d) Lamictal.

4. Who adapted the screenplay for the television docudrama on Patty's life?
(a) Norah Ephron.
(b) Michelle Anderson.
(c) John McGreavey.
(d) John Steiner.

5. 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. Stanford H. Ray.
(d) Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison.

6. What is the name of Patty's adopted son?
(a) Stephen.
(b) Kevin.
(c) Jason.
(d) Andrew.

7. What is the name of Patty's current husband?
(a) John.
(b) Jason.
(c) Patrick.
(d) Michael.

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

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

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

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

12. Who reportedly drank 16 double frozen daiquiris in one night?
(a) Dorothy Parker.
(b) James Conrad.
(c) Hemingway.
(d) Fitzgerald.

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

14. What is Patty's best friend's name?
(a) Anna.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Mary Lou.
(d) Sarah.

15. What often happens to families in which there is a manic-depressive child?
(a) Violent.
(b) Socially interactive.
(c) Repressed.
(d) Socially isolated.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what play comes the line, "The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact"?

2. In what year did Patty marry her current husband?

3. All of the ______ medications are more effective for mania than against depression.

4. What did Patty Duke also do with the docudrama she made for television?

5. How many children did John Astin have from his previous marriage?

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