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

Elizabeth Wurtzel
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 122 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

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

Elizabeth Wurtzel
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 122 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Why does Elizabeth agree to go to Stillman again?
(a) Dr. Sterling has ordered it.
(b) She thinks it's the only place that makes her happy.
(c) She has a crush on a guy there.
(d) She's too tired to do anything else.

2. What does Elizabeth refuse to do now?
(a) Talk with anyone.
(b) Take any more of her drugs.
(c) Get better.
(d) Go to class.

3. Who is Debi Thomas?
(a) The ice skater Elizabeth idolizes on television.
(b) Her new best friend at Harvard.
(c) The nurse who helps her at the infirmary.
(d) Her new doctor.

4. What book is Elizabeth reading when she is in the infirmary?
(a) Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar.
(b) Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and The Sea.
(c) Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own.
(d) Margaret Atwood's Surfacing.

5. Which drug does Dr. Sterling put Elizabeth on next due to her mental state?
(a) Mellazolf.
(b) Thorazine.
(c) Therarile.
(d) Mellaril.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Elizabeth's mother?

2. What is one of the excuses Elizabeth does NOT use with Dr. Sterling to account for the accidental blowjob?

3. Who is Rhoda Koenig?

4. What does Elizabeth think stops her from being perfectly happy in Dallas?

5. Archer is so flawlessly handsome that he actually seems ______________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Elizabeth is finally diagnosed with atypical depression. Describe what this disease is.

2. Why is Archer the perfect person for Elizabeth to visit after a breakup?

3. How do the doctors react when Elizabeth is brought into the hospital covered in blood?

4. How does Elizabeth describe the difference between madness and depression in relation to literature?

5. What does Elizabeth's mom tell her that makes her disease become a reality to her?

6. What does Barnaby expect because he shows her around town and picks her up from the airport?

7. Why does Dr. Sterling give Elizabeth Xanax instead of an antidepressant, which she believes is more appropriate for her issues?

8. Describe Elizabeth's first conversation with Rafe on the phone. Why does she say she's calling him? Why do they continue talking?

9. What does Elizabeth's Space, Time and Motion class become symbolic of?

10. How does Elizabeth feel when she first arrives in Dallas?

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