Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Elizabeth Wurtzel
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Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Elizabeth say Harvard is full of?
(a) Losers.
(b) Brainaics.
(c) Nut cases.
(d) Idiots.

2. What is Ruby chasing Elizabeth with?
(a) An unloaded gun.
(b) A stereo system.
(c) A fake sword.
(d) An unsheathed pocketknife.

3. How does Elizabeth's mother see Oliver North?
(a) As a hero.
(b) As a terrorist.
(c) As a misguided fanatic.
(d) As a loser.

4. Where do Elizabeth and her mother move to?
(a) California.
(b) The Upper West Side.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) The Bronx.

5. What quote does Elizabeth use to describe how depression hits her?
(a) "It just happened out of the blue."
(b) "Gradually and then suddenly."
(c) "You wake up one day a different person."
(d) "It hits you like an out of control racecar."

6. What does Elizabeth realize while Ruby is chasing her?
(a) She forgot to take lithium.
(b) She left her dorm room unlocked.
(c) She is missing history class.
(d) This is insanity.

7. Elizabeth's dad disappears at the end of her _______ year.
(a) Senior.
(b) Freshman.
(c) Sophomore.
(d) Junior.

8. How frequently does Elizabeth hear from her father now?
(a) Never.
(b) Every six months.
(c) Once in awhile.
(d) Every other week.

9. Which drug has Elizabeth decided to "cold-kick?"
(a) Nyquil.
(b) Lithium.
(c) Ambien.
(d) Prozac.

10. Elizabeth asks if depression is _________
(a) animal, vegetable or mineral?
(b) in her head?
(c) a joke?
(d) worth it?

11. What book is the quote from?
(a) The Sun Also Rises.
(b) Moby Dick.
(c) The Bell Jar.
(d) The Catcher in the Rye.

12. Why does Elizabeth think she tried her first overdose?
(a) To get her mind off her mind; to stop being her for a bit.
(b) To see what it was like to be the center of attention for once.
(c) To avoid being like all of the other people she knows.
(d) To kill herself.

13. When Elizabeth is on the floor of the bathroom, what illegal drug is she currently on?
(a) Ectasy.
(b) Meth.
(c) Heroin.
(d) Coke.

14. Where does Elizabeth's father move to after disappearing from New York?
(a) California.
(b) Texas.
(c) Florida.
(d) Georgia.

15. What is the biggest advantage to seeing Dr. Isaac?
(a) He gives her drugs.
(b) He lets her skip school by writing her a doctor's note.
(c) Elizabeth can leave school early; she hates school.
(d) He gets her away from her mother for a little while.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can Elizabeth not see Dr. Saltenstahl?

2. What does Elizabeth's mother attribute her recent changes to?

3. Who or what starts to give Elizabeth her first feelings of pleasure in a long time?

4. What is the name of Elizabeth's cousin who she will later learn has the same kind of mental illness?

5. What is the name of the doctor whom Elizabeth sees in Stillman?

(see the answer keys)

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