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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Patty Duke's mother's name?
(a) Sara.
(b) Frances.
(c) Lizzie.
(d) Dolores.

2. What was the way Patty attempted suicide the majority of the times?
(a) Overdosing on pills.
(b) Slitting her wrists.
(c) Drowning herself.
(d) Jumping in front of a car.

3. What percentage of unipolar depressives will eventually commit suicide?
(a) 30.
(b) 15.
(c) 10.
(d) 20.

4. What is Patty's older sister's name?
(a) Alison.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Carol.
(d) Donna.

5. How many pills of lithium does Patty Duke take per day?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many genes does a person have?

2. How old was Patty when she stopped living with her managers?

3. What does Bipolar III indicate?

4. The increased risk of developing a mood disorder from having a first-degree relative who also has a mood disorder is how many times that of someone without that history?

5. Patty Duke's mother was one of how many children?

Short Essay Questions

1. When are patients typically diagnosed with bipolar depression?

2. How can doctors distinguish between unipolar and bipolar depression?

3. Why didn't Patty's husbands commit her to hospitals? What was her experience when she was institutionalized?

4. Discuss the study performed on the Amish regarding manic depression.

5. Describe Patty Duke's father.

6. What is unipolar depression? What are its symptoms?

7. What is the scientific analysis of the roots of manic depression in individuals?

8. Discuss the genetic findings for manic-depressive illness.

9. Who was Patty Duke's mother? What was the cause of her depression?

10. What is Bipolar I? What are the symptoms?

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