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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who discovered lithium's effects on mania?
(a) Dr. Andrew Steiner.
(b) Dr. James F. Cobb.
(c) Dr. Mildred Wilson.
(d) Dr. John F. J. Cade.

4. How many children did John Astin have from his previous marriage?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

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

6. What is the name of the television movie Patty Duke made about her manic-depressive illness?
(a) Yesterday's Dreams.
(b) A Child Star.
(c) The Patty Duke You Didn't Know.
(d) Call Me Anna.

7. What was Robert Campau referred to by one of his former employees?
(a) Ivan the Terrible.
(b) Hitler.
(c) Stalin.
(d) Napoleon.

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

9. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Patty's adopted son?

2. "Even when there are little to no side effects, anywhere from ___ to ___ percent of people stop taking their lithium."

3. Monoamine oxidase inhibitors fell out of favor because they induced what?

4. The doctor who discovered lithium's effects on mania originally suspected that what was the culprit for the disease?

5. What did Patty often throw during her manic episodes?

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