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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chpater 12, A Glimpse, (pg 188-191).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does drinking affect the brain?
(a) It stimulates the reward system.
(b) It creates pleasant hallucinations.
(c) It suppresses fears.
(d) It creates the sensation of calm and well being.

2. What is the typical drinker's relationship with alcohol like after they quit drinking?
(a) They are always extra susceptible to overdrinking.
(b) They can return to drinking any time.
(c) They can never drink comfortably again.
(d) They can never look at a bottle without getting sick.

3. What does Knapp think of the people she meets at the AA meeting?
(a) She sees herself in each of them.
(b) She does not identify with 'those people.'
(c) She distinguishes between drinkers and drunks.
(d) She is embarrassed for them.

4. What results does Knapp list at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Her liver and lung tests.
(b) The pregnancy test she took.
(c) Her graduate school entrance exams.
(d) The quiz she took on alcoholism.

5. What would Knapp do when she was drinking?
(a) Drink until the voices stopped speaking in her ears.
(b) Carefully measure how much was in her glass.
(c) Look for someone to blame for the things she did while she was drunk.
(d) Listen to the buzz inside her head.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the brain do in response to this chemical being released?

2. How would Knapp make it through an evening with her boyfriend?

3. What does Knapp do when she goes to her first AA meeting?

4. What does Knapp tell herself when she leaves the AA meeting?

5. What would Knapp compulsively ask herself when she was drinking?

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