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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. In what year and month do some of the selves decide to break away from Sybil?
(a) March, 1959.
(b) April, 1959.
(c) June, 1959.
(d) May, 1959.

2. What best describes Sybil's mother's personality in the book before the doctor learns of her true nature?
(a) Unkind.
(b) Distant.
(c) Very Strance.
(d) Extremely controlling.

3. What does Dr. Wilbur immediately assume about Sybil's life?
(a) She is not safe around others.
(b) She has amnesiac episodes.
(c) She is unable to control herself.
(d) She has crazed episodes.

4. Does the author feel as though the story of Sybil is a moving tale?
(a) No, the author is extremely unfeeling.
(b) Yes, it is why she wants to tell the story.
(c) No, the author thinks Sybil is lying and wants to prove this.
(d) No, it is a tale of caution.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sybil frequently witness between the ages of 3- 9?

2. According to the author, children not taught about sex do what?

3. What is there now an indication of in Hattie's actions?

4. What causes Sybil to cancel her appointment with Dr. Wilbur?

5. Where do Sybil's personalities stem from?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What has Dr. Wilbur always assumed about Hattie?

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

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

5. Who is the author of the book and how does she come to write Sybil's book? As the author writes, what tone does she immediately take for the book?

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

7. What is surprising about Willard?

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

9. As the novel begins, where does the reader find Sybil Isabel Dorsett?

10. Why must Sybil plead mental incompetence in a court of law?

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