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

2. Does being with her parents make her condition better or worse?
(a) Sybil does not live with her family.
(b) Makes her better, calms her down.
(c) It exacerbates the condition.
(d) Creates tension with her and her friends.

3. Where do Sybil's personalities stem from?
(a) sexual abuse from an uncle.
(b) Sybil's childhood.
(c) Her experience in college.
(d) a scarring incident from elementary school.

4. What does Vicky see herself as?
(a) A beautiful young girl looking for fun.
(b) A facilitator who is anxious to help resolve Sybil's inner torment.
(c) As her own person, she is not part of Sybil.
(d) A follower.

5. What is Sybil's father's role?
(a) He is afraid to be a good father.
(b) He is kind and loving.
(c) He does not know how to be a good father to Sybil.
(d) Her father is mostly absent from her life.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sybil's friend, Danny, leaves, what personality steps in?

2. What does Dr. Wilbur give Sybil?

3. Which personalities does Teddy get to know?

4. Dr. Wilbur is convinced that the multiple personalities are all results of ______________.

5. What is a good word that describes Sybil during her first meetings with Dr. Wilbur?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Hattie when the Depression hits the United States?

2. How does Sybil return to her body and come back into knowledge about what has been happening to her?

3. Where does Sybil meet Dr. Wilbur?

4. What brings on the appearance of Peggy Lou, the first personality to appear?

5. What parts of Sybil's life play into her disorder?

6. What selves does Dr. Wilbur gradually meet as she and Sybil continue to meet?

7. Describe Peggy Lou and how she is different from Sybil.

8. When the general population discusses mental disorders, they often judge people before they know all the facts about their particular disorder, or situation. Why is does the author clearly ask the reader to hold off judgment of Sybil in the book's Preface?

9. Why does Sybil choose to go home and be around her abrasive parents, after she has been going to college?

10. As therapy escalates, how does Sybil feel about her life?

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