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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the author have to research in order to understand the book?
(a) Schizophrenia.
(b) Psychopaths.
(c) Crazy people.
(d) Personality disorders.

2. What is Sybil to the other selves?
(a) A problem.
(b) A house.
(c) A troublemaker.
(d) Their mother.

3. What is her father's name?
(a) Will Dorsett.
(b) Willard Dorsett.
(c) William Dorsett.
(d) Wilbur Dorsett.

4. Suddenly Sybil is paralyzed with fear. Why?
(a) She hears her mother's insane laughter.
(b) She has been a bad girl.
(c) Her grandmother died.
(d) Her father beat her.

5. How does Sybil get an appointment with a psychiatrist?
(a) She walks into Dr Wilbur's office.
(b) The doctor finds her.
(c) A family doctor gives her a referral.
(d) She is never allowed to see a psychiarist.

6. When Sybil's friend, Danny, leaves, what personality steps in?
(a) Clara.
(b) Vicky.
(c) Nancy.
(d) Peggy.

7. What is Hattie unable to accept?
(a) Her personality.
(b) Her career.
(c) Sybil's mental status.
(d) Sybil's attitude.

8. For avid readers, what type of book is this?
(a) A novel.
(b) A science fiction.
(c) A narrative.
(d) A drama.

9. What kind of book is Sybil for therapists?
(a) A manual.
(b) A book of fiction.
(c) An interview.
(d) A case study.

10. After losing some time in the beginning of the section, Sybil is _ and _.
(a) crazed and uncontrollable.
(b) happy and elated.
(c) angry and misdirected.
(d) Confused and disoriented.

11. What is currently unclear to Dr. Wilbur?
(a) Why no one came to Sybil's aid.
(b) How Hattie could trick so many people.
(c) How Sybil processes her pain.
(d) When Hattie's break from reality occurred.

12. What is there now an indication of in Hattie's actions?
(a) Kindness.
(b) Thoughtlessness.
(c) Torture.
(d) Rehabilitation.

13. What is this self finally free of once she comes back to Dr. Wilbur?
(a) Her anger.
(b) Her depression.
(c) Her unhappiness.
(d) Her uneasiness with life.

14. What does Dr Wilbur call some of Sybil's episodes?
(a) Manic episodes.
(b) She does not believe that they exist.
(c) A schizophrenic episode.
(d) A psychological seizure.

15. What does Sybil's personality, Peggy, do in Dr Wilbur's office?
(a) Forces her hand through glass.
(b) Asks for a glass of water.
(c) Refuses to talk.
(d) Attacked he doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the various reactions of the different selves to seeing Sybil's parents having sex?

2. What is unfortunate about Sybil's arrival home?

3. What does Sybil realize about her time with Dr. Wilbur?

4. How many days have disappeared without her knowledge?

5. What is the name of the author of the book?

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