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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. Where was Patty's second and longest hospitalization?
(a) Whispering Oaks.
(b) Bellevue.
(c) Westwood.
(d) Mt. Sinai.

2. Researchers believe that there is a link between the gene which may pass along traits of manic-depressive illness and what chromosome?
(a) B.
(b) X.
(c) Y.
(d) O.

3. What is the term for depressions which are a normal response to a major trauma?
(a) Normal depression.
(b) Actuary depression.
(c) Unipolar depression.
(d) Reactive depression.

4. In a 1969-research project at Washington University in St. Louis, researchers found that in two families, everyone that was ______ was also manic-depressive.
(a) Color-blind.
(b) Left-handed.
(c) Female.
(d) Male.

5. What did Patty Duke begin collecting after starting to take lithium?
(a) Pamphlets.
(b) Diaries.
(c) Pillboxes.
(d) Calendars.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a study in Belgium, what percent of birth parents whose adopted children had manic depression had a history of mood disorders?

2. From what form of bipolar illness does Patty Duke suffer?

3. In what year did Patty's parent's marry?

4. Since what year has Patty Duke been taking lithium?

5. When was Patty Duke's first big, public manic episode?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Bipolar II.

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

3. What does Patty believe is the contributor to her illness?

4. What does Patty remember of her mother as a child? Where was Patty relocated during her childhood?

5. When did Patty learn of the difficulties people face with the side effects of lithium? Has she suffered from them?

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

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

8. How did Patty come to forgive her parents?

9. Describe Patty Duke's father.

10. What is Patty Duke's experience with psychotherapy?

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