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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Sybil return to her own body?

2. What are the various reactions of the different selves to seeing Sybil's parents having sex?

3. How many years of her life has she lost?

4. Why does Willard summon Sybil home from school when she is performing well?

5. What is the last thing Sybil remembers before resuming consciousness in 5th grade?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Sybil hesitant to share more of her feelings and life with Dr. Wilbur?

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

4. Explain what Willow Corners is to Sybil.

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

6. What type of case is Sybil's? Why is the author so excited to report on Sybil's case?

7. What is surprising about Willard?

8. Name some activities that Hattie forced Sybil to partake in.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the novel, Sybil cannot understand why she must be integrated with all the selves.

1. Why must each self become fully integrated with Sybil?

2. How does Dr. Wilbur work to integrate each personality?

3. Why does she need the selves?

4. How is the creation of the different personalities different from the way other "normal" people handle trauma in their lives.

Essay Topic 2

Many deaths occur throughout the book. Death becomes a central theme and important part of Sybil's healing.

1. What does Sybil's grandmother's death cause?

2. How do the death of Hattie and Willard help to sure Sybil?

3. Throughout the book, why do the selves constantly fear for their survival in Sybil?

Essay Topic 3

Why is Sybil unable to be in a romantic relationship?

How is Sybil's relationship with Teddy different from her connection with Ramon?

What does Sybil's refusal of Ramon's proposal signify?

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