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

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

Elizabeth Wurtzel
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Elizabeth's mom find when she puts a ruler away that she's found?
(a) Pot.
(b) Ortho-Novum birth control pills.
(c) Illegal drugs.
(d) Bottles of alcohol.

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

3. What is the name of the doctor whom Elizabeth sees in Stillman?
(a) Dr. Robert Elivast.
(b) Dr. Noah Winters.
(c) Dr. Hannah Saltenstahl.
(d) Dr. Ruby Peters.

4. Who calls Elizabeth while she is at her aunt's house?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her ex-boyfriend.
(c) The camp director.
(d) Her mother.

5. What makes Elizabeth's move to Harvard ominous?
(a) She and her mother get lost.
(b) It's raining.
(c) They lose record of where Elizabeth should live.
(d) Their car breaks down.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why won't her father pay her medical bills?

2. What designer makes the dress that Elizabeth purchases to fit in?

3. Which college did Elizabeth's mother attend?

4. How does Elizabeth describe her depression when she is at Harvard?

5. What is the name of Elizabeth's new boyfriend after her father leaves?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Elizabeth say that she never had to worry about a crash landing?

2. What makes Dr. Saltenstahl different from many of Elizabeth's other psychologists?

3. How does Elizabeth feel when she gets on the phone with her father and what do they argue about?

4. What does Elizabeth consider her father's first and last act of paternal authority?

5. How does physical contact with Abel make Elizabeth feel?

6. Why does Elizabeth love taking Ecstasy?

7. Why does Elizabeth think that how her mother treated her was the perfect solution?

8. What phrase does Elizabeth would say would have described her perfectly before she "cracked up?"

9. What are some of the reasons why the camp director says Elizabeth won't go through with her threat to have a drug overdose while at camp?

10. Why does Zachary break up with Elizabeth?

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