View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main issue that Sybil has refused to tell Ramon?
(a) About her STD.
(b) She sees a therapist.
(c) The abuse she suffered from Hattie.
(d) About her multiple personalities.

2. When Sybil returns home to the Dorsetts, what is different?
(a) She has no family. They have all died.
(b) She goes home as Vicky and Peggy Lou.
(c) She goes home very depressed.
(d) She is reinvigorated.

3. Who created the two male personalities?
(a) Peggy Lou.
(b) Vicky.
(c) Nancy.
(d) Marcia.

4. Towards the end of the book, what does Sybil begin to wonder?
(a) If her father will ever love her.
(b) If she will have children.
(c) If she will fall in love.
(d) If she will ever be a good mother.

5. To Sybil, what has her body inadvertently become?
(a) Sickly.
(b) A hostess to the other selves.
(c) Strong.
(d) Her body is her own.

Short Answer Questions

1. Prior to the meeting with Willard, what was Dr. Wilbur concerned about Sybil's personalities' stories?

2. When was Sybil's first dissociation?

3. What sort of bond formed between Sybil and her father?

4. Why has Sybil created so many selves?

5. Although Sybil has created alternate personalities to help absorb the trauma in her life, there is still _______________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Sybil's multiple personalities for her? To other people they may not seem normal.

2. Why do the boy personalities have such difficulty accepting they are a part of Sybil?

3. After receiving medication from Dr. Wilbur, what does Sybil experience?

4. Why does Dr. Wilbur think that Hattie is mentally ill?

5. Why does Sybil cease to have a normal childhood?

6. By the time that Dr. Wilbur has met many of the selves, Sybil has met none of them. Why is Sybil so reluctant to meet the other selves?

7. Some personalities feel that Sybil does not deserve to live. What theme is presented in the descent of these personalities?

8. How does Sybil feel as she learns more and more about the personalities?

9. How do the selves, at some points, work together?

10. Why does Sybil's dream about kittens startle her?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 726 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample