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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11 - 15 (Pages 60 - 96).
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Lisa Shilling's conversation with her parents opens the novel. Lisa tries to talk to her parents about something important. Lisa's mother, Mrs. Shilling, responds by doing what?
(a) Listening to Lisa's concerns.
(b) Telling Lisa to go talk to her father.
(c) Telling Lisa she can't get married.
(d) Asking Lisa's sister and friend if they would like more food.
2. Mary Nell Fickett and Betsy Goodman initially turn to what source of information to research mental illness?
(a) The dictionary.
(b) Principles of Abnormal Psychology by Maslow and Mittelmann.
(c) The1959 edition of Encyclopedia Britannica.
(d) Various Internet sites.
3. As Mary Nell Fickett becomes more self-educated about psychology, what irritating behavior does she start to exhibit?
(a) She begins to diagnose everyone.
(b) She develops a facial tic.
(c) She starts to speak with big words that nobody else understands.
(d) She starts arguing with everyone all the time.
4. Whom does the narrator describe as being enthusiastic but not very practical?
(a) Rev. Fickett.
(b) Mr. Shilling.
(c) Mr. Frazer.
(d) Mr. Bernstein.
5. The narrator states that Mr. Shilling's primary motivation is...
(a) Fashion.
(b) Money.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Power.
Short Answer Questions
1. Betsy Goodman and Mary Nell Fickett try to diagnose Lisa Shilling by watching Elizabeth Taylor's performance in which movie?
2. Who eavesdrops on the conversation between Rev. Fickett, Mr. Milne, and Mr. Shilling when they discuss Lisa Shilling's mental illness?
3. During some group therapy sessions Mary Nell Fickett encourages Lisa Shilling to "free-associate" (p. 83). What does Mary Nell mean by this term?
4. When Betsy Goodman and Mary Nell Fickett finally tell Lisa Shilling that the know she is mentally ill, Lisa Shilling responds by...
5. After spending a few hours researching various topics in psychology and mental illness, Betsy Goodman is confused and decides to...
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