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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 is one word to describe Sybil's parents?
(a) Sweet.
(b) Conniving.
(c) Overprotective.
(d) Paient.

2. 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.

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

4. How does Hattie take her behavior too far?
(a) She has an accomplance.
(b) She gets Willard involved in her abuse.
(c) She abuses Sybil.
(d) She speaks harshly to Sybil.

5. How will the selves need to be treated?
(a) They will need to talk about their problems together in group therapy.
(b) The doctor will need to treat each personality differently.
(c) The selves do not exist.
(d) They will not be treated at all.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What word most accurately describes Sybil's feelings towards the cohabitant nature of the selves and herself in one body?

3. How do Sybil's parents treat Dr. Wilbur?

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

5. Does being with her parents make her condition better or worse?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what Willow Corners is to Sybil.

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

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

4. Why do Sybil and Dr. Wilbur's sessions suddenly stop?

5. Dr. Wilbur only sees a limited number of options for Sybil and her recovery. Explain what they are.

6. How do Sybil's parents question the validity of Dr. Wilbur's practice?

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

8. What does Dr. Wilbur decide she must understand about Sybil's early life to cure her.

9. Describe Hattie's personality.

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

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