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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 - 10 (Pages 33 - 60).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the novel's title "Lisa, Bright and Dark", to what does the term "Bright" refer?
(a) Lisa's periods of mental illness.
(b) Lisa's obsession with the sun.
(c) Lisa's use of an English accent when talking.
(d) Lisa's periods of relative normalcy.

2. After spending a few hours researching various topics in psychology and mental illness, Betsy Goodman is confused and decides to...
(a) Ignore the medical literature and come up with her own diagnosis.
(b) Ask Mr. Bernstein what he thinks might be wrong with Lisa Shilling.
(c) Ignore the situation and just by Lisa Shilling's friend.
(d) Stop being friends with Lisa Shilling and start going out with Brian Morris.

3. Lisa sarcastically says she admires a particular books titled...
(a) Moby Dick by Melville.
(b) The Voyeur by Robbe-Grillet (translated by Howard).
(c) Lisa, Bright and Dark by Neufeld.
(d) Principles of Abnormal Psychology by Maslow and Mittelmann.

4. Betsy Goodman says her father calls "choosing what you want to hear and concentrating only on that" (p. 18) by the phrase...
(a) Living in your own world.
(b) Wishful thinking.
(c) A blind spot.
(d) Selective inattention.

5. Just after Brian Morris breaks up with her, Lisa Shilling begins to befriend which major character?
(a) Elizabeth Frazer.
(b) Mary Nell Fickett.
(c) Betsy Goodman.
(d) Neil Donovan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lisa Shilling's conversation with her parents opens the novel. After that conversation what does Lisa do?

2. Lisa Shilling's conversation with her parents opens the novel. Lisa tries to tell her parents that she thinks she might be crazy because...

3. Why does Brian Morris break up his relationship with Lisa Shilling?

4. Which character is described by the narrator as a "quiet, distinguished-looking man about sixty who has real style...[he] can talk with you and make you feel instantly at home" (p. 30)?

5. When the narrator describes her mother as a "joiner" (p. 31) what does she mean?

(see the answer key)

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