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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. How much older is Patty's brother than her?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 4 years.

2. What door did Patty begin keeping open to prove to her sons that she had changed?
(a) Back door.
(b) Bedroom.
(c) Bathroom.
(d) Kitchen.

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

4. More than ten million people a year in the United States alone complain of symptoms of what?
(a) Reactive depression.
(b) Unipolar depression.
(c) Schizophrenia.
(d) Bipolar depression.

5. What is the name of Patty's oldest son?
(a) John.
(b) Patrick.
(c) Sean.
(d) Michael.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many genes does a person have?

2. What kind of hat did Patty's father almost always wear?

3. Patty writes, "I believe that ______ is counterproductive, so in an almost selfish way it was important for me to forgive."

4. What is Patty's brother's name?

5. Every few months, Patty says she gets a what taste in her mouth?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When are patients typically diagnosed with bipolar depression?

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

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

6. How did Patty approach her diagnosis with her children, given the genetic factors? What was their reaction?

7. Describe Patty Duke's father.

8. How did Patty come to forgive her parents?

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

10. What side effect of lithium causes a strong reaction to Patty Duke when hearing of it?

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