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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the mother of Ellen, who in high school developed manic depression?
(a) Maude.
(b) Sharon.
(c) Miriam.
(d) Andrea.

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

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

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

5. 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) Writer.
(b) Interior designer.
(c) Actress.
(d) Comedian.

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

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

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

9. All of the ______ medications are more effective for mania than against depression.
(a) Antimaniaic.
(b) Anticonfulsant.
(c) Antimiliant.
(d) Neuroleptic.

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

11. 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.

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

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

14. What is one indicator of oncoming manias?
(a) Decreased sex drive.
(b) Increased sex drive.
(c) Hyperventilation.
(d) Fevers and sweats.

15. In "A Marriage that Shattered," who is married to Larry?
(a) Jessica.
(b) Christel.
(c) Amanda.
(d) Emily.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the associate producer of Patty's television docudrama?

2. In the example of dealing with a spouse with the illness, who is married to Tracey?

3. Who is the Italian psychiatrist who wrote Man of Genius?

4. When were monoamine oxidase inhibitors ushered into the antidepressant era?

5. Who is one of the authors of the book Manic-Depressive Illness and an associate professor of psychiatry at John Hopkins University?

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