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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 three-year-old self, Ruthie, resent Willard?
(a) She wishes he would pay her more attention.
(b) She has always disliked Willard.
(c) Because he is too near her mother.
(d) She cannot understand why he is hurting her mother.

2. What does Dr Wilbur encourage Sybil to do?
(a) Get a new job.
(b) Return to New York.
(c) Start a company.
(d) Go back to school.

3. What does Vicky have trouble comprehending about Hattie's expression during intercourse with her husband?
(a) Expressions of pain or estacy.
(b) If Hattie hates her.
(c) If Hattie wishes to leave.
(d) How Hattie feels.

4. What are the various reactions of the different selves to seeing Sybil's parents having sex?
(a) Normal reactions of children who catch their parents having sex.
(b) They over react.
(c) They accuse their parents of inappropriate behavior.
(d) They try to act out against their parents.

5. Why do Sybil's parents grill her about her sessions with Dr. Wilbur?
(a) They want to know everything about Sybil's treatment.
(b) They think Sybil lies.
(c) They do not care enough about their daughter to ask.
(d) They are worried about what has been revealed concerning them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did it take the author to write the book?

2. What are Sybil's three choices proposed by doctor Wilbur?

3. What is the root cause of Sybil's adult psychosis?

4. What is the author adamant about?

5. When does Sybil return to her own body?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the personality of Vicky.

2. Why are many children confused or uncomfortable with their parents having sex?

3. How does Dr Wilbur make Sybil feel better about her condition?

4. Sybil catches her parents having sex, and it scares her. Why does this severely scar Sybil?

5. What is surprising about Willard?

6. 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?

7. What happens to Sybil once Dr. Wilbur informs her she has multiple personality disorder?

8. How does Sybil cope with difficult things that happen in her life?

9. As far as Sybil's treatment is concerned, what do Sybil's parents mostly question her about?

10. Explain Sybil's feelings concerning her meetings with Dr. Wilbur.

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