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

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

3. Who wrote the book, Movie Stars, Real People, and Me?
(a) Judith Bakely.
(b) Jennifer Anderson.
(c) Sean Astin.
(d) Joshua Logan.

4. What is one indicator of oncoming manias?
(a) Decreased sex drive.
(b) Hyperventilation.
(c) Fevers and sweats.
(d) Increased sex drive.

5. Who was the pioneer in identifying manic-depressive illness?
(a) Sigmund Freud.
(b) Dr. Kay Jamison.
(c) Emil Kraepelin.
(d) Cesare Lombroso.

Short Answer Questions

1. What often happens to families in which there is a manic-depressive child?

2. Who adapted the screenplay for the television docudrama on Patty's life?

3. Who reportedly drank 16 double frozen daiquiris in one night?

4. How many children did John Astin have from his previous marriage?

5. In what year was lithium's effects on mania discovered?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the effects of dealing with a parent with manic depression?

2. Discuss the effects of parents who pass on manic-depression to their children.

3. Discuss anticonvulsants and neuroleptics.

4. What would happen in the fights between John Astin and Patty?

5. What did making Call Me Anna cause Patty to see about manic depression and its effects on acting?

6. What concerns doctors in discussing manic depression and creativity?

7. What happens after hospitalization with bipolar patients?

8. When is it necessary to hospitalize a bipolar patient?

9. Discuss alcoholism and writers as discussed in the text.

10. What does Patty Duke conclude regarding talent and manic depression?

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