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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jo's mother tell her about Larry?
(a) He was married.
(b) She said he was a wonderful teacher.
(c) He had been in the mental ward of the hospital.
(d) He was trying to get in touch with Jo.

2. When was Renee born?
(a) When Jo was five.
(b) Before Jo was one.
(c) When Jo graduated from high school.
(d) When Jo went to bed with her psychology teacher.

3. How does Lynn learn more about the different characters when they are not in session?
(a) They frequently call her after hours.
(b) She reads about them in journals Joan keeps.
(c) Steve tells her about them.
(d) She reads articles about them in magazines.

4. How did the personalities react to the timeline project?
(a) Thinking about the past upset them.
(b) They reluctantly agreed to do it.
(c) They seemed willing to help.
(d) They didn't want to do the work.

5. How did Jo feel about the book, Sybil?
(a) She was happy to know someone else experienced what she did.
(b) She refused to read it.
(c) She thought is was poor writing and never read past the first chapter.
(d) It made her feel empty and aching for something she couldn't identify.

6. How did Lynn react when she discovered that Joan did not make a follow-up appointment?
(a) She was secretly happy.
(b) It made her feel personally rejected.
(c) It made her angry.
(d) She asked the clerk to call and confirm the next appointment.

7. What did Joan think about the situation with the records?
(a) It made her feel as if she wasn't important.
(b) It frightened her.
(c) It was no more than she expected.
(d) She was ambivalent.

8. What happened to Jo's suicidal impulses when she started meeting with Lynn?
(a) They were sporadic.
(b) They grew stronger.
(c) They disappeared.
(d) They increased right before each visit.

9. What did Joan think about her thoughts of jumping out the window?
(a) She thought it was common.
(b) She was horrified and was scared to be alone.
(c) She thought it would show Keith how much she needed him.
(d) She thought there were better ways to die.

10. How do Reagan, and Robin consider themselves?
(a) They are memory storehouses that are not part of the biological family.
(b) They are the ones who cover educational aspects.
(c) They are the ones who put everyone into action.
(d) They are the ones who lash out when the body is angry.

11. What happened between Jo's parents when she was in high school?
(a) They separated.
(b) They divorced.
(c) They renewed their wedding vows.
(d) They both became very ill.

12. As Joan began to see that she might have Multiple Personality Disorder, what else did she realize?
(a) Her phobias had causes.
(b) She didn't fit into society.
(c) Lynn had the same disorder.
(d) She couldn't hold a job.

13. What did Joan think of her relationship with Keith by early 1982?
(a) She knew they would get back together.
(b) She accepted the fact that they were just friends.
(c) She was obsessed with him.
(d) She fully accepted the divorce and did not see it as a personal rejection.

14. How did the group of personalities feel about living in the house with Steve?
(a) It made them nervous.
(b) They loved it.
(c) They hated it.
(d) They wanted to go back to the old place.

15. What does it Lynn's husband, Gordon, think about her work with Joan?
(a) He's jealous of the time she spends with Joan.
(b) He is very supportive even though he doesn't know much about Multiple Personality Disorder.
(c) He gets angry about her theories.
(d) He thinks it's ridiculous.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the autonomous personalities?

2. What did the personalities make Lynn for Christmas?

3. How did Lynn feel about all the different personalities?

4. How did Lynn feel about Jo after their time apart on vacation?

5. What did Joan see herself representing to Lynn?

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