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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. 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) Y.
(c) X.
(d) O.

2. Which of the forms of bipolar disorder is the most extreme?
(a) Bipolar III.
(b) Bipolar II.
(c) Hypomania.
(d) Bipolar I.

3. What did "Grandpa Duke" do for a living?
(a) He was a bartender.
(b) He was a mechanic.
(c) He was a cab driver.
(d) He was an engineer.

4. Who is the Bipolar II woman from Chicago who says she wishes she could bottle her mania?
(a) Dawn.
(b) Beatrice.
(c) Dolly.
(d) Dorothy.

5. Who is the assistant professor of psychiatry at McLean Hospital at Harvard medical school?
(a) Dr. Anthony J. Rothschild.
(b) Dr. Sanjay D. Deepak.
(c) Dr. Sarah M. Wilkinson.
(d) Dr. Frederick M. Wolverton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Until what era was mental illness considered to be rooted in psychological trauma?

2. Who is the 35-year-old artist used as an example in the section of Bipolar II?

3. 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?

4. For how many years did Patty Duke suffer severely with her illness before she was finally diagnosed as manic depressive?

5. How much older is Patty's sister than her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the similarities of manic depression and schizophrenia? What are the differences?

2. Describe Patty Duke's father.

3. When did Patty's symptoms appear in her life? What were they?

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

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

6. What delusions did Patty Duke experience while manic?

7. What caused Patty's panic attacks as a child?

8. Describe the three personality types discussed by Dr. Akiskal in Chapter 4.

9. Discuss what cyclothymes is. How is this related to bipolar disorder?

10. What do doctors say regarding environmental elements contributing to manic depression?

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