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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Winston Churchill's biographer described him as what?

2. An overdose of lithium can result in what?

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

4. Patty Duke writes, "The tendency to _______ is something we've been doing for too long when it comes to manic depression."

5. What is the name of Patty's current husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. What pressures did Patty put on herself in her family life? How did these lead to episodes?

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

3. What are the side effects associated with lithium?

4. What can be the result of siblings coping with someone with manic depression?

5. Discuss anticonvulsants and neuroleptics.

6. What was Patty's experience like in making Call Me Anna?

7. What is lithium? How did it come to be discovered?

8. What happens after hospitalization with bipolar patients?

9. What is Patty's biggest regret about her behavior before she was diagnosed?

10. What led to Patty's depressions early in her marriage to John Astin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the drug lithium. What are Patty Duke's experiences with the drug? How was it discovered? Where is it found in nature?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the different forms of manic-depressive illness detailed in the text. What are they, what are their symptoms, and how are they differentiated from one another?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theory of personality types and their predisposition toward manic-depressive illness. What are the types and how can they be indicators?

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