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

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

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

4. What is Patty Duke's middle son's name?

5. Who is the author of the book, Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after hospitalization with bipolar patients?

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

3. Discuss anticonvulsants and neuroleptics.

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

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

6. In Chapter 10, the relationships between spouses with manic depression are discussed. Describe these.

7. What is the correlation between CEOs and manic depression?

8. Discuss the antidepressants discussed in Chapter 6.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Patty Duke's marriages. To whom was she married, when, and for how long? How many children does she have?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Patty Duke's descriptions of her frequent hospitalizations throughout her life. Which, if any, of these were helpful?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the symptoms of manic-depressive illness listed early in the book. Is it possible to diagnose the disease based solely on a checklist? Why or why not?

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